All Over

If we think that defeating Hamas in Gaza is the end of the terrorist threat from them an article from The Jerusalem Post lets us know that isn’t the case:

A network of Hamas terror-affiliated infrastructure across Europe was exposed by the Mossad, the spy agency said on Wednesday, as it revealed the prolonged investigation it had conducted with European intelligence and law enforcement to thwart planned attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets.

Evidence of this terror network is found as recently as September of this year:

The Mossad said that already in September, it had assisted European authorities in identifying Mahmoud Naim – the son of a top Hamas official, Basem Naim, who is himself a senior adviser to Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya – as the orchestrator of this overall plot. According to the Mossad, Naim had met with his father in Qatar to facilitate the ploy, illustrating that Hamas, at its highest levels, was sponsoring terrorist schemes.

And if you wondered why Israel doesn’t want Turkey to help rebuild Gaza, here is one reason:

Hamas officials in Turkey have also been involved.

This network is not a new thing, either:

Since Hamas’s October 7 massacre, the terrorist organization has accelerated efforts to build cells and logistics in Europe, mirroring the activity of Iran and its proxies. The Mossad said it continues to disrupt “dozens” of varying attack plots worldwide regularly as part of Israel’s overseas counterterrorism mandate.

Israel isn’t alone in rooting out these terrorists:

It credited “close, persistent cooperation” with European services for recent breakthroughs and said efforts are ongoing.

“The Mossad, together with its partners in Israel and worldwide, is working relentlessly to thwart attacks against Israeli, Jewish, and other innocent civilians across the globe,” it said in a statement.

Israel’s Partners

Specific details are given as well showing us that Mossad is getting help in taking these terrorists down:

Austria’s civilian security agency in Vienna, the Directorate for State Security and Intelligence, uncovered and confiscated a weapons stash in September that included handguns and explosive materials, leading to the detention and questioning of suspects tied to a Hamas network. Local media later detailed the discovery of a Hamas-linked cache in the city and a related, subsequent arrest in London.

Breaking them up also entails legal and financial efforts:

European partners have expanded cooperation with Israel’s services while also tightening legal measures against Hamas-linked incitement and financing networks, the Mossad said.

Germany is cooperating in the operations, too:

In Germany, recent prosecutions and raids have targeted alleged Hamas operatives and supporters, reflecting a broader shift to curtail extremist infrastructure across the continent.

Arrests have been made where more than terrorists were discovered:

Meanwhile, German authorities, in separate operations, arrested multiple suspects last November on suspicion of acting on behalf of the terrorist organization by supplying weapons, with police reporting finds that included assault rifles, pistols, and ammunition.

Hamas is busier than ever outside of Israel now and these threats must be taken seriously:

Additional arrests followed this month, as investigators said a Hamas-associated operative helped procure arms for planned attacks in Europe.

This report makes it sound like Hamas is nowhere close to being eradicated. But I must caution us on being fearful that these terrorists are worse now than two years ago. This network wasn’t formed overnight, however it depends on support from nations that want to be welcomed into the growing international community and one world commerce network. Pressure can be leveraged on them when their cooperation is exposed. Without money, Hamas will wither and die. And if their access to weapons is cut off, which is closely tied to the money to buy them they won’t stand a chance of being more than a nuisance, albeit a deadly one. When Israel says that when they are defeating Hamas in Israel they are helping the rest of the world, now we see what they mean.