Overview
- Kan News reported that Hamas is building clandestine weapon stockpiles across Africa, Yemen and other countries for future smuggling into strategic areas, including Gaza.
- Austrian authorities confirmed discovering five handguns and ten magazines in a suitcase in a rented Vienna storage unit, assessing Israeli or Jewish institutions in Europe as likely targets.
- UK police arrested a 39-year-old British suspect named Mohammed in London in connection with the Vienna cache, and extradition proceedings are underway.
- Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office said the British suspect met twice with Abed, who was arrested in Germany last month on suspicion of planning attacks on Israeli and Jewish institutions.
- Separate reporting said Hamas asked the Palestinian Authority to store its weapons rather than disarm, a proposal PA officials rejected, and another Israeli outlet reported the U.S. may consider advancing a Gaza plan without first securing disarmament.