NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Attorneys for victims of Hamas suicide bombings from 2000 to 2004 are accusing an international bank of financing terror, sometimes allegedly running the money through a branch on Madison Avenue.

The suit filed in 2004 accused Arab Bank of violating the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act, which allows victims of U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations to seek compensation. The U.S. State Department designated Hamas a terrorist group in 1997.

As WCBS 880’s Ginny Kosola reported, hundreds are suing the bank for allegedly laundering money to fund the group’s suicide bombings.