Overview
- A months-long joint probe by Mossad and European services uncovered a coordinated infrastructure to enable attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets.
- Counterterrorism operations in Germany, Austria and other countries led to arrests and the discovery of multiple weapons caches.
- Austria’s DSN found a Vienna hideout with handguns and explosives that investigators tied to Muhammad Naim.
- Investigators report a contemporaneous meeting in Qatar between senior Hamas figures Bassem Naim and Khalil al-Hayya, suggesting leadership-level links to the effort.
- German authorities apprehended Barhan al-Khatib after his return to Turkey, as European governments move to shutter associations and institutions alleged to support recruitment and fundraising.