People stand near a wall covered with pictures of Israeli hostages during a demonstration against the Israeli government in the northern Israel city of Karmiel on July 25, 2024. Jalaa Marey/AFP/Getty Images

A prominent Jewish advocacy group filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Hamas and other armed groups, as well as Iran, Syria and North Korea, seeking billions in damages over the October 7 attacks in Israel.

The suit, brought on behalf of more than 140 plaintiffs, including US victims and their family members, was filed by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and law firm Crowell & Moring in the US District Court in Washington, DC, just weeks before the two-year anniversary of the attack.

The lawsuit seeks at least $7 billion in damages from the armed groups and from the three foreign co

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