The Bank of China [BOC] knowingly laundered money for various Islamic militant groups so they could get around transaction restrictions because of their label as a "terrorist organization" by the U.S. government, a lawsuit by Israeli victims of suicide bombings claims…Israeli intelligence officials warned the Chinese government that Iran was using [BOC] to finance its militant networks…[L]awyer Nitzana Darshan says going after their bankers is just as effective as arresting or killing groups’ leadership…The case is one of the first times…Israelis are using U.S. courts to go after a financial institution for allowing transactions of this type…[T]he bank sent an emailed statement saying...“Bank of China Ltd…has answered the lawsuit and formally denied the plaintiffs' allegations. Since the litigation is pending, BOC will not comment to the media on it.”