Hamas' Years-Long Terror Infrastructure Across Europe Exposed
Israeli intelligence reveals years-old Hamas weapon caches across Europe after arrest of senior official's son in Vienna arms smuggling plot
A comprehensive investigation by Israeli intelligence has uncovered a vast, multi-year Hamas terror network spanning at least six European nations and Lebanon, with weapons strategically hidden since 2019 in preparation for coordinated attacks on Jewish and Israeli institutions across the continent. The revelations, reported by Kan News in late November, expose how the terrorist organization methodically built an operational infrastructure designed to activate around the time of its October 7, 2023 attacks against Israel.
According to the investigation, Hamas made a strategic pivot in 2019 to extend its terror operations beyond the Middle East. Operatives were dispatched to Poland, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Lebanon, and other countries where they dug concealed hiding spots along roadsides and in remote locations, storing firearms, ammunition, and explosives. These caches were photographed and cataloged, creating a ready-to-use arsenal awaiting orders from Hamas leadership in Qatar.
The plot’s timeline grew more urgent in June 2023—just four months before the October 7 massacre. Hamas accelerated its European operations, sending operatives to rapidly excavate the pre-positioned weapons. Israeli intelligence assessed this mobilization was intended to produce a large-scale, multi-pronged attack on European soil, timed to coincide with the assault on southern Israel.
Mossad Tracked the Network in Real Time
Israeli intelligence services monitored Hamas’s European activities as they unfolded and immediately shared information with counterpart agencies in Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, and other affected nations. This intelligence-sharing arrangement proved critical, enabling European security services to begin surveillance of suspected Hamas operatives even before fully understanding the scope of the conspiracy.
“We knew about this in real-time,” one source told Kan News, “but the connections weren’t immediately clear. The Mossad identified these developments and, through cooperation with European security frameworks, shared the intelligence with Bulgarian, German, and Danish services.”
The investigation revealed Hamas’s rationale for selecting Vienna as a central hub. Austria’s capital had become a haven for Muslim Brotherhood affiliates fleeing stricter enforcement in other European countries. According to the report, Austrian legislation provided a more permissive environment for Hamas-linked activities compared to nations like Britain, while the country’s 2015 migration policies—which admitted hundreds of thousands without comprehensive screening procedures like fingerprinting or DNA collection—facilitated the establishment of terror cells.
Senior Hamas Official’s Son Arrested
The network’s direct connection to Hamas leadership became undeniable when authorities arrested Mohammed Naim, the 39-year-old son of Bassem Naim, a senior Hamas official based in Qatar. Before undertaking his mission, the younger Naim traveled to Qatar to consult with his father, demonstrating that Hamas’s top brass directly coordinated the European operation rather than delegating to lower-level operatives.
This finding underscores what Israeli intelligence described as Hamas’s strategic shift: relocating its operational center of gravity from Gaza to Europe and the United States, where the organization could exploit diaspora communities and looser security environments.
Denmark Drone Plot and the “Soft Revolution” Strategy
In Denmark, surveillance uncovered a sophisticated scheme involving mass procurement of drones intended for simultaneous aerial attacks on the Israeli embassy and Jewish community institutions. The Danish security service tracked suspects with criminal backgrounds recruited by Hamas who were acquiring the unmanned aircraft at an alarming rate.
Hamas’s approach, described by analysts in the report as a “soft revolution,” avoids replicating October 7’s overt brutality on European soil. Instead, the strategy leverages widespread support within certain Muslim communities across Europe, building long-term capabilities for what one expert characterized as generational jihad: “I may not see the jihad realized, but my grandson will.”
Radicalization of Second and Third Generations
Significantly, European intelligence identified that perpetrators of Hamas-linked plots are predominantly second and third-generation immigrants holding European citizenship, not recent arrivals. These individuals underwent radicalization through social media networks and mosque sermons, particularly Friday services where extremist ideology proliferates.
The Turkish immigrant community, historically less religious and politically radical, has experienced notable shifts under the influence of Muslim Brotherhood organizations and Turkish President Erdogan’s Islamist agenda. In Austria, approximately 10% of the population is now Muslim.
In Vienna specifically, over 40% of public school students are now Muslim according to one political party’s research, though Austria’s Education Ministry cites a 33% figure. Regardless of the exact number, the demographic transformation has altered social dynamics, with some Austrian families relocating from urban centers to avoid majority-Muslim school environments.
Impact on Jewish Community Security
Jewish residents of Vienna have experienced deteriorating security since the 2015 migration wave. Local Jews interviewed for the investigation described feeling unsafe traveling at night or using public transportation—activities they once performed without concern. Christmas markets, cultural symbols of European Christian heritage, now require heavy security after becoming terror targets in recent years, illustrating how the threat extends beyond Jewish communities to encompass broader Western society.
“We’re seeing an unfortunate tradition of terror organizations focusing on soft targets,” one Jewish community official explained. “Life in Vienna and Austria has changed for Jewish residents, who’ve been experiencing increasingly difficult situations since October 7.”
Recent Arrests Confirm Israeli Intelligence Assessment
Subsequent developments validated the Israeli intelligence picture. German prosecutors arrested multiple suspects in October 2025, including two German citizens and a Lebanese man, discovering an AK-47 rifle and ammunition during raids. A fifth suspect, Lebanese citizen Borhan El-K., was arrested in November for allegedly supplying eight Glock pistols, a Kalashnikov rifle, and 600 rounds of ammunition to cell members.
Austrian authorities discovered the Vienna weapons cache—five handguns and ten magazines stored in a suitcase in a rental facility—after Mohammed Naim’s arrest in London. He had received the weapons during two meetings with German suspect Abed Al G., then transported them to Austria for storage. Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner declared: “The mission is clear: zero tolerance for terrorists.”
Hamas officially denied any connection to the arrested suspects, calling the allegations baseless. However, the familial link between Mohammed Naim and senior Hamas official Bassem Naim, combined with the coordinated nature of the weapons network across multiple countries, appears to contradict this denial.
Austria and all European nations should implement a law any radicalised Islamic resident who commits terrorism will be charged imprisoned and their citizenship revoked and deported back to where they came from!!!
Hamas also has a terrorist infrastructure in the United States of America that our own law enforcement is duty-bound to take seriously.