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News Topical, Digital Desk : On October 7, 2023, a Hamas-led terrorist attack on Israel killed more than 1,200 innocent men, women, and children, including 46 Americans. An American citizen who helped Hamas carry out this terrorist attack has been arrested.
The FBI has accused al-Muhtadi, a Louisiana resident, of participating in a Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, then lying on his visa form and fraudulently obtaining a visa to remain in the US.
The FBI has accused
According to an FBI criminal complaint unsealed this week, Mahmoud Amin Yaqub al-Muhtadi armed himself and assembled a group to cross into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip during the attack, which killed more than 1,200 people.
Al-Muhtadi was a Democratic Front activist
According to the complaint submitted to a federal judge by FBI Special Agent Alexandria M. Thoman O'Donnell, al-Muhtadi was an activist for the Gaza-based military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
The complaint states that in his US visa application, al-Muhtadi denied ever engaging in terrorist activities, and he will become a lawful permanent resident in 2024. The complaint states that he could face charges of visa fraud and conspiracy to support a foreign terrorist organization. According to the Justice Department, al-Muhtadi was arrested on Thursday.
Allegations of links to a Hamas-affiliated paramilitary group
According to the FBI, al-Muhtadi's social media and email accounts revealed that he had been associated with a Hamas-affiliated paramilitary group for years, including firearms training. On the morning of October 7, 2023, when Hamas forces attacked Israel, then-Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif called on the "masses" to join the attack.
According to phone calls reviewed by the FBI, al-Muhtadi told his associates to get ready and bring rifles, saying a kidnapping was taking place, and that it was a game that would be good. He also asked one of his associates to bring ammunition.
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