Overview

• On June 17, the Guardia Civil arrested a Palestinian-origin man in Valencia on charges of terrorist indoctrination and self-training following an order by Audiencia Nacional’s Juzgado Central de Instrucción nº5.
• Judicial authorities launched the probe in late 2023 after detecting his advanced radicalization through consumption and dissemination of online jihadist propaganda.
• Investigators determined he operated multiple social-media profiles to broadcast material from Hamas’s Brigadas Al-Qassam acquired via the group’s official channels.
• Prosecutors cited his recent acceptance of violence as a valid means to pursue terrorist aims as a critical risk indicator that led to his pretrial detention.
• The operation exemplifies Spain’s sustained high-intensity counterterrorism approach, which leverages digital monitoring and judicial risk assessment to preempt lone-actor threats.