Hostage families demand $1 billion over Iran’s support for Hamas

More than 60 US citizens and their family members who were killed, injured or taken hostage in the Hamas attack on Israel sued Iran, demanding upwards of $1 billion from the Islamic Republic for aiding the terrorist organization, Report informs via Bloomberg.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday night in federal court in Washington DC includes vivid details and photographs of the violence that unfolded on Oct. 7, when Hamas attacked southern Israel from the Gaza strip, igniting a war in the Middle East.

The 131-page complaint filed by Quinn Emanuel Urqhart & Sullivan is one of the first in what is expected to be a wave of litigation responding to the Hamas attack. A separate case brought by Judith Raanan, who was released by Hamas after two weeks in captivity, and the relatives of two murdered men, Itay Glisko and Daniel Levi Ludmir, was also filed Wednesday. In that case, the plaintiffs are suing Binance for allowing Hamas to trade on the crypto exchange along with Iran and Syria for allegedly providing financial support and weaponry to the group, which has been designated a terrorist organization by the US and the EU.

It states that the plaintiffs understand the upcoming difficulties of the trial, which may take a long time, but they are ready to do whatever is necessary "to restore justice.” At the same time, the agency writes that court proceedings could take more than 10 years.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry previously stated that the Palestinian forces never asked Iran to intervene in the conflict.