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A network of Hamas terror-affiliated infrastructure across Europe has been exposed by Mossad, the Israeli spy agency said on Wednesday.
The Jerusalem Post reports that Mossad revealed the prolonged investigation it had conducted with European intelligence and law enforcement to thwart planned attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets.
The organization said that already in September, it had assisted European authorities in identifying Mahmoud Naim as the orchestrator of this overall plot. Mahmoud is the son of a gtop Hamas official, Basem Naim, who is himself a senior adviser to Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya.
According to Mossad, Naim had met with his father in Qatar to facilitate the ploy, illustrating that Hamas, at its highest levels, waxs sponsoring terrorist schemes.
Since Hamas’s October 7 massacre, the terrorist organization has accelerated efforts to build cells and logistics in Europe, mirroring the activity of Iran and its proxies. The Mossad said it continues to disrupt “dozens” of varying attack plots worldwide regularly as part of Isreal’s overseas counterterrorism mandate.
It credited “close, persistent cooperation” with European services for recent breakthroughs and said efforts are ongoing.
Austria’s civilian security agency in Vienna, the Directorate of State Security and Intelligence uncovered and confiscated a wea;pon stash in September that included handguns and explosive materials ,leading to the detention and questioning of suspects tied to a Hamas network. Local media later detailed the discovery of a Hamas-linked cache in the city and a related, subsequent arrest in >London.
European partners have expanded cooperation with Israel’s services while also tightening legal measures against Hamas-linked incitement and financing networks, Mossad said
In Germany, recent prosecutions and raids have targeted alleged Hamas operatives a nd supporters reflecting a broader shift to curtail extremist infrastructure across the continent.
