Terror Ties And Immigration Fraud: Louisiana Man Accused Of Joining Hamas Attacks On Israel

Federal prosecutors have accused Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub al-Muhtadi, 33, of Louisiana, of taking part in the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, massacre in Israel and of gaining entry to the United States through a fraudulent visa application.

According to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday, al-Muhtadi wasn’t just a bystander. He’s accused of organizing armed fighters in Gaza, helping coordinate the assault, and crossing into Israel himself just behind the first wave of Hamas terrorists. Communications from that morning show al-Muhtadi instructing others to “bring the rifles,” “get ready,” and asking for bulletproof vests and ammunition. One message was blunt: “If you have a full magazine, bring it to me.”

The FBI complaint, according to The New York Times, reveals his phone connected to an Israeli cell tower on the morning of the attack — a damning indicator he may have crossed into Israeli territory. Nearby, 60 people — including American citizens — were slaughtered at a kibbutz. Though al-Muhtadi hasn’t yet been charged with directly murdering anyone, the evidence places him near the scene of the massacre and in contact with those actively involved.

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What makes this more disturbing? He got into the United States.

Al-Muhtadi allegedly applied for a U.S. immigrant visa under the name Mahmoud Almuhtadi, claiming to have no connection to paramilitary groups or terrorism. He entered America through Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in September 2024 and later posted selfies on social media — holding a Glock — from Tulsa, Oklahoma. By May 2025, he was tracked to Lafayette, Louisiana, where he was working at a restaurant when the feds caught up to him.

And al-Muhtadi wasn’t acting alone. According to the complaint, he’s a known member of the National Resistance Brigades, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) — a Gazan Marxist terror organization with a long, bloody track record of murdering Israelis. The DFLP has operated alongside Hamas in multiple attacks, including on October 7.

Despite being previously designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department, the DFLP was quietly removed years ago, supposedly due to its declining influence.

The DFLP is the same terror group responsible for some of the most brutal attacks in Israel’s history:

• 1974 Ma’alot Massacre: DFLP gunmen took an entire elementary school hostage, resulting in the murder of 27, including 22 children.
• 1975 Jerusalem bombing: Seven civilians were killed by a DFLP bomb hidden in a wagon.
• 2002 West Bank bus ambush: Nine killed, twenty injured when DFLP terrorists bombed and opened fire on a civilian bus.
• “Night of the Gliders” (1987): Six Israeli soldiers were murdered by DFLP operatives infiltrating from Lebanon using hang gliders.
  

  — Huge Breaking News: Louisiana Man Joined Hamas for October 7th Massacre —

  Federal prosecutors in Louisiana accused a man of participating in the Hamas-led October 2023 attack on Israel and then traveling to the United States on a fraudulent visa, according to a criminal… pic.twitter.com/aN1oumEHxe

  — Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) October 17, 2025

Full criminal complaint here:https://t.co/07sLISeqgZ pic.twitter.com/zn06qzm3YW

— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) October 17, 2025