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巴沙尔·马斯里是知名巴勒斯坦商人、约旦河西岸首个规划巴勒斯坦城市拉瓦比的创始人，2020年10月5日他在拉瓦比接受路透社采访时摆拍。路透社/拉米·阿尤布 资料图
- 内容摘要
- 诉讼由10月7日袭击遇难者的美国家庭提起
- 原告指控马斯里的酒店藏匿哈马斯隧道
- 马斯奇请求驳回诉讼，称其在加沙的投资并不等同于支持哈马斯
- 马斯里是中东知名房地产开发商
耶路撒冷5月8日路透电 — 一名知名巴勒斯坦裔开发商周五请求美国法官驳回一项诉讼，该诉讼指控他通过在加沙的项目支持哈马斯，辩称这一指控将参与加沙经济活动等同于支持恐怖主义。
巴沙尔·马斯里曾在加沙建造豪华酒店，并在约旦河西岸打造了巴勒斯坦首个规划城市。2023年10月7日哈马斯袭击事件遇难者的美国家庭于去年对他提起诉讼，指控他的加沙地产项目藏匿了该武装组织用于发动袭击的隧道。
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在以色列对加沙战争爆发前，哈马斯已在加沙全境修建了迷宫般的隧道网络。企业往往需要权衡是否以及如何在这个被美国列为恐怖组织的团体统治的地区进行投资，而大型开发项目也需要该组织默许才能推进。
这份代表约200名美国原告提起的民事诉状指控，马斯里清楚其旗下两家海滨酒店下方存在哈马斯隧道，称该组织可从客房进入隧道。诉状还称，哈马斯通过马斯里运营的工业区内太阳能板提供的电力为地下防御工事供电。
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原告依据《反恐怖主义法》向马斯里及其旗下四家公司索赔，该法案允许美国恐怖主义受害者在美国法院提起损害赔偿诉讼。
马斯里的律师在迈阿密联邦法院提交驳回动议时表示，马斯里无需为2023年10月以色列遭袭事件承担任何责任，并称此次袭击是“野蛮的恐怖主义行径”。
律师们写道，被告“明确谴责哈马斯的暴力行为及其给无辜平民带来的苦难”，并补充称，原告未能证明马斯里知晓其行为可能帮助哈马斯发动袭击。
马斯里的律师称，该诉状不过是“推测”马斯里及其公司“仅因参与加沙经济开发项目就参与了国际恐怖主义”。
马斯里拒绝进一步置评。原告方律师未立即置评。
原告包括曾与马斯里合作的前商业伙伴，其女儿遇难
马斯里作为开发商知名度颇高，曾获得美国援助拨款。他的旗舰项目是位于被占领约旦河西岸、耗资14亿美元的拉瓦比，这是首个由巴勒斯坦人自主开发并面向巴勒斯坦人的规划城市。
在加沙，他的公司主要项目包括两家面朝地中海的豪华度假村——阿扬酒店和蓝滩度假村，以及位于以巴边境的加沙工业区。这些项目在战争期间均遭严重破坏，以色列的轰炸已将加沙大片区域夷为平地。
原告包括以色列科技大亨埃亚尔·瓦尔德曼，他是一名和平活动家，也是马斯里的前商业伙伴，其小女儿在10月7日的Nova户外音乐节上被武装分子杀害。
瓦尔德曼的一家公司曾通过马斯里支持的一家IT公司，在拉瓦比和加沙雇佣了100多名巴勒斯坦工程师，两人曾将这一合作模式作为经济合作如何促进和平的典范。
瓦尔德曼未立即回应置评请求。
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Palestinian American developer asks US judge to dismiss lawsuit alleging he aided Hamas
2026-05-08 14:44 UTC / Reuters
By Rami Ayyub
May 8, 2026 2:44 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
Bashar Masri, a prominent Palestinian businessman and founder of Rawabi, the first planned Palestinian city in the West Bank, poses during an interview with Reuters in Rawabi, October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Rami Ayyub/File Photo
- Summary
- Lawsuit brought by US families of October 7 attack victims
- Plaintiffs allege Masri’s hotels concealed Hamas tunnels
- Masri seeks to dismiss lawsuit, says investment in Gaza does not amount to support for Hamas
- Masri is a prominent Middle East real estate developer
JERUSALEM, May 8 (Reuters) – A prominent Palestinian-American developer asked a U.S. judge on Friday to throw out a lawsuit accusing him of supporting Hamas through his Gaza projects, arguing it equates participating in Gaza’s economy with terrorism.
Bashar Masri, who built luxury hotels in Gaza and the Palestinians’ first planned city in the West Bank, was sued last year by U.S. families of victims of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks who alleged his Gaza properties concealed tunnels the militant group used to stage its assault.
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Before Israel’s war in Gaza, Hamas built a labyrinth tunnel network that stretched across nearly all of Gaza. Businesses often grappled with whether and how to invest in a territory ruled by a group deemed a terrorist organization by the U.S. and whose tacit approval was needed for large development projects.
The civil complaint, filed on behalf of around 200 American plaintiffs, alleges that Masri knew about Hamas tunnels under his two seaside hotels, which it says the group accessed from guest rooms. It also says the group powered underground fortifications with electricity from solar panels in an industrial zone he operated.
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The plaintiffs are seeking damages from Masri and four of his companies under the Anti-Terrorism Act, which lets American victims of terrorism sue for damages in U.S. courts.
Filing a motion to dismiss the complaint in federal court in Miami, Masri’s lawyers said he bore no blame for the October 2023 attacks on Israel, describing them as “barbaric acts of terrorism”.
The defendants “unequivocally condemn Hamas’ violence and the suffering it inflicted upon innocent civilians”, they wrote, adding that the plaintiffs had failed to show Masri knew his conduct could aid Hamas in staging attacks.
The complaint amounts to “speculation” that Masri and his companies “engaged in international terrorism merely by participating in economic development projects” in Gaza, Masri’s lawyers wrote.
Masri declined to provide further comment. Lawyers for the plaintiffs did not immediately provide comment.
PLAINTIFFS INCLUDE MASRI’S EX-BUSINESS PARTNER WHOSE DAUGHTER WAS KILLED
Masri has had a high profile as a developer, and received U.S. aid grants. His flagship project is Rawabi, a $1.4 billion development in the occupied West Bank that is the first master-planned city built by and for Palestinians.
In Gaza, his companies’ major projects included two Mediterranean-front luxury resorts – the Ayan Hotel and the Blue Beach Resort – and the Gaza Industrial Estate located on the border with Israel. All suffered major damage during the war, during which Israeli bombardment reduced much of Gaza to ruins.
The plaintiffs include Israeli tech mogul Eyal Waldman, a peace activist and former business partner of Masri whose youngest daughter was among those killed by militants at the Nova outdoor dance festival on October 7.
One of Waldman’s firms once employed more than 100 Palestinian engineers in Rawabi and in Gaza through an IT company backed by Masri, an arrangement both men held up as an example of how economic cooperation could foster peace.
Waldman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Reporting by Rami Ayyub Editing by Peter Graff
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