Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) introduced legislation last week that would add 11 leaders of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to the FBI list of most wanted terrorists and offer rewards, via the U.S. State Department Rewards for Justice program, for information leading to their capture and prosecution.
“This legislation is more than a listing. It tells the truth and sends an unmistakable message: We know who launched an unprecedented terror war in Israel last Oct. 7, and we will do everything in our power to bring the guilty to justice,” Issa said, of H.R. 9153, the Hamas Terrorist Fugitive Act.
“The leadership of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad must know that America won’t forget the atrocities they’ve committed, and we will see through the accountability they must one day meet,” the congressman added.
The Gold Institute for International Strategy helped draft the legislation. At press time, the bill, which has no sponsors, was referred to committee.
The 11 leaders are Ismail Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, Khaled Mashal, Mahmoud al-Zahar, Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, Ziyard al-Nakhalah, Nasser Abu Sharif, Jamil Yusuf Ahmad ’Aliyan, Akram al-Ajouri and Mu’ad Ibrahim Muhammed Rashid al-Atili.
