PoliticsEx-Hamas Bodyguard Granted UK Asylum Faces Europe Weapons Plot Charges
A former bodyguard of assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, known as "Mr X," was granted asylum and British citizenship before being arrested in London in 2025 on a German warrant. German prosecutors allege he helped plan attacks on Israeli-linked targets in Europe by transporting weapons to Vienna for use in Germany and other countries. He joined Haniyeh's security after Hamas's 2006 election win and left Gaza in 2012 to settle in the UK as an IT consultant.
HT World·4h ago·London




