{"id":60992,"date":"2026-08-02T11:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/over-8000-plaintiffs-seek-to-hold-pa-liable-for-october-7-massacre-war-damages\/02\/08\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T11:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:54:02","slug":"over-8000-plaintiffs-seek-to-hold-pa-liable-for-october-7-massacre-war-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/over-8000-plaintiffs-seek-to-hold-pa-liable-for-october-7-massacre-war-damages\/02\/08\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 8,000 plaintiffs seek to hold PA liable for October 7 massacre, war damages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Jerusalem District Court set Sunday as the deadline for arguments as a new study links the PA prisoner-payment system to senior Hamas figures involved in the massacre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lawyers for more than 8,000 people seeking to hold the <a data-ylk=\"slk:Palestinian Authority;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/politics-and-diplomacy\/article-903770\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Palestinian Authority<\/a> responsible for harm caused by the <a data-ylk=\"slk:October 7 massacre;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-904278\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">October 7 massacre<\/a> and the war that followed are expected to file written arguments with the Jerusalem District Court by the end of Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 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