Terror Plot Arrest
Former Hamas Bodyguard Arrested in London Over Alleged European Terror Plot
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A former bodyguard for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was granted asylum and later British citizenship after moving to the U.K., despite reports that his past Hamas connections were known. He was arrested in London last November in a multinational operation that disrupted an alleged plot targeting Jewish community centers, Israeli diplomats and pro-Israel events in Germany or Austria around the anniversary of the October 7 attacks. He now faces extradition to Germany, where authorities accuse him of involvement in the plot.
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The Times of Israel report says the man had previously been arrested in Egypt for operating an arms- and gold-smuggling tunnel into Gaza more than a decade ago.
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A reported indictment says he filmed himself masked and armed, with a Hamas flag behind him, declaring that the planned attacks were being carried out on behalf of Hamas’s military wing.
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The report says weapons seized in the operation belonged to Hamas operative Muhammad Na’im, whose father, Basem Na’im, is a senior Gaza-based Hamas politburo official.
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GB News reports that the suspect had changed his name more than once and was a married father in his forties.
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