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Dutch activists contest repayment of flights after Gaza flotilla deportations
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Dutch and Swiss pro-Palestinian activists who joined the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza are challenging bills from their governments for flights and consular assistance after they were detained and deported by Israel. The mission, which Israeli officials say was tied to Hamas and carried only a symbolic amount of aid, was intercepted at sea.
Five people linked to the French associations Humani’Terre and Soutien Humani’Terre were indicted on February 20 for financing a terrorist enterprise. Intelligence services consider them close to the Muslim Brotherhood. The judiciary suspects funds were sent to Hamas under the guise of humanitarian aid.
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Spanish authorities have arrested a 38-year-old Chinese national accused of transferring around €600,000 in cryptocurrency to addresses linked to Hamas. The suspect, who operates a hair salon near Barcelona, was detained on Tuesday and later released under restrictions. The case, which began as a money laundering probe, has escalated into a terrorism-financing investigation.
Federal authorities have arrested 33-year-old Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi in Louisiana for his alleged participation in the Hamas-led terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and for entering the United States using a fraudulent visa. Al-Muhtadi, a member of a Gaza-based paramilitary group, is accused of arming fighters, coordinating the assault, and crossing into Israel near a site of a deadly massacre. The arrest underscores ongoing efforts to prosecute those involved in the attack that killed dozens, including American citizens.
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Israel has uncovered a memo attributed to deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, outlining instructions for the October 7, 2023, attack that included targeting civilians and broadcasting atrocities. The document, disseminated in 2022, was found in a bunker after another Hamas leader's assassination in 2025. It contradicts Hamas's assertions that the assault focused mainly on military targets.