Hamas

United States v. Ali Baraka and 5 others

Status: Ali Baraka: Charged, September 3, 2024; Ismail Haniyeh: Charged, September 3, 2024; Khaled Meshaal: Charged, September 3, 2024; Marwan Issa: Charged, September 3, 2024; Mohammad Al-Masri: Charged, September 3, 2024; Yahya Sinwar: Charged, September 3, 2024

District: Southern District of New York
Docket number: Not matched
Group named in DOJ releases: Hamas
Statutes: Not stated in DOJ release
First DOJ release: September 3, 2024

Primary Sources

Justice Department Announces Terrorism Charges Against Senior Leaders of Hamas, Office of Public Affairs, September 3, 2024
U.S. Attorney Announces Terrorism Charges Against Senior Leaders Of Hamas, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, September 3, 2024

Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).

Ali Baraka

Status: Charged (DOJ release, September 3, 2024)
From the DOJ release:: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sam Adelsberg, Jacob H. Gutwillig, Sarah L. Kushner, Michael D. Lockard, Ben Arad, and Samuel L. Raymond are in charge of the prosecution, with assistance from Trial Attorneys Alicia Cook and C. Alexandria Bogle of the Counterterrorism Section.
Age: 57 (per DOJ release of September 3, 2024)
Charges as described by DOJ: conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization resulting in death; conspiring to provide material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death; conspiring to murder U.S. nationals outside the United States; conspiring to bomb a place of public use resulting in death; conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction resulting in death; conspiring to finance terrorism; conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Note: DOJ: “The defendants are either deceased or remain at large.” DOJ footnote: “Since the filing of this Complaint, three of the defendants [...] Ismail Haniyeh, Mohammad Al-Masri, a/k/a “Mohammed Deif,” a/k/a “al Khalid al-Deif,” and Marwan Issa, a/k/a “Abu Baraa” [...] are reported to have been killed.”
Charged or arrested: September 3, 2024
Custody: DOJ describes the defendant as at large

Ismail Haniyeh

Status: Charged (DOJ release, September 3, 2024)
From the DOJ release:: ISMAIL HANIYEH, was the chairman of Hamas’s Politburo from 2017 until his reported death on or about July 31, 2024.
Age: Not stated
Charges as described by DOJ: conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization resulting in death; conspiring to provide material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death; conspiring to murder U.S. nationals outside the United States; conspiring to bomb a place of public use resulting in death; conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction resulting in death; conspiring to finance terrorism; conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Note: DOJ footnote: “Since the filing of this Complaint, three of the defendants [...] Ismail Haniyeh, Mohammad Al-Masri, a/k/a “Mohammed Deif,” a/k/a “al Khalid al-Deif,” and Marwan Issa, a/k/a “Abu Baraa” [...] are reported to have been killed.”
Charged or arrested: September 3, 2024
Custody: DOJ describes the defendant as at large

Khaled Meshaal

Status: Charged (DOJ release, September 3, 2024)
From the DOJ release:: MESHAAL is based principally in Qatar.
Age: 68 (per DOJ release of September 3, 2024)
Charges as described by DOJ: conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization resulting in death; conspiring to provide material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death; conspiring to murder U.S. nationals outside the United States; conspiring to bomb a place of public use resulting in death; conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction resulting in death; conspiring to finance terrorism; conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Note: DOJ: “The defendants are either deceased or remain at large.”
Charged or arrested: September 3, 2024
Custody: DOJ describes the defendant as at large

Marwan Issa

Status: Charged (DOJ release, September 3, 2024)
From the DOJ release:: MARWAN ISSA, a/k/a “Abu Baraa,” was the deputy commander of the al-Qassam Brigades from approximately 2007 until his reported death on or about March 10, 2024.
Age: Not stated
Charges as described by DOJ: conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization resulting in death; conspiring to provide material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death; conspiring to murder U.S. nationals outside the United States; conspiring to bomb a place of public use resulting in death; conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction resulting in death; conspiring to finance terrorism; conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Note: DOJ footnote: “Since the filing of this Complaint, three of the defendants [...] Ismail Haniyeh, Mohammad Al-Masri, a/k/a “Mohammed Deif,” a/k/a “al Khalid al-Deif,” and Marwan Issa, a/k/a “Abu Baraa” [...] are reported to have been killed.”
Charged or arrested: September 3, 2024
Custody: DOJ describes the defendant as at large

Mohammad Al-Masri

Status: Charged (DOJ release, September 3, 2024)
From the DOJ release:: MOHAMMAD AL-MASRI, a/k/a “Mohammed Deif,” a/k/a “al Khalid al-Deif,” was the commander in chief of the al-Qassam Brigades, a position he held from in or about 2002 until his reported death on or about July 13, 2024.
Age: Not stated
Charges as described by DOJ: conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization resulting in death; conspiring to provide material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death; conspiring to murder U.S. nationals outside the United States; conspiring to bomb a place of public use resulting in death; conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction resulting in death; conspiring to finance terrorism; conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Note: DOJ footnote: “Since the filing of this Complaint, three of the defendants [...] Ismail Haniyeh, Mohammad Al-Masri, a/k/a “Mohammed Deif,” a/k/a “al Khalid al-Deif,” and Marwan Issa, a/k/a “Abu Baraa” [...] are reported to have been killed.”
Charged or arrested: September 3, 2024
Custody: DOJ describes the defendant as at large

Yahya Sinwar

Status: Charged (DOJ release, September 3, 2024)
From the DOJ release:: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said: “The Justice Department has charged Yahya Sinwar and other senior leaders of Hamas for financing, directing, and overseeing a decades-long campaign to murder American citizens and endanger the national security of the United States.
Age: 61 (per DOJ release of September 3, 2024)
Charges as described by DOJ: conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization resulting in death; conspiring to provide material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death; conspiring to murder U.S. nationals outside the United States; conspiring to bomb a place of public use resulting in death; conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction resulting in death; conspiring to finance terrorism; conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Note: DOJ: “The defendants are either deceased or remain at large.”
Charged or arrested: September 3, 2024
Custody: DOJ describes the defendant as at large

Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Ali Baraka and 5 others," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-baraka-2024/