The United States has charged leaders of the armed Palestinian group Hamas with a raft of “terrorism” offences, federal court documents unsealed revealed, AFP reports.

Six men — including Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar and late political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in late July in Tehran — were named in the charging document dated February 1, accused of “conspiracy to provide material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death” along with six other counts.

“The charges unsealed today are just one part of our effort to target every aspect of Hamas’s operations. These actions will not be our last,” US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.

“Yahya Sinwar and the other senior leaders of Hamas are charged today with orchestrating this terrorist organisation’s decades-long campaign of mass violence and terror — including on October 7th.”