Overview
- Israel’s intelligence service says the clandestine network was designed to strike Israeli and Jewish targets once orders were issued.
- Austria’s state security service discovered handguns and explosive materials in a Vienna storage site in September.
- Investigators linked the cache to Muhammad Na'im, the son of senior Hamas figure Bassem Na'im, with Mossad pointing to a reported meeting in Qatar as possible leadership backing.
- German authorities arrested an alleged operative identified as Barah or Burhan al-Khatib after time in Turkey, which Mossad describes as a convenient operational arena for Hamas.
- European agencies report arrests and seizures and are widening inquiries to charities and religious institutions suspected of aiding Hamas, while the group’s leaders have publicly denied directing external operations.