Louisiana resident assisted in Hamas 7 October attack, US says

A 33-year-old Louisiana resident, Mahmoud Amin Ya'qub al-Muhtadi, has been charged by US prosecutors for allegedly participating in the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. According to unsealed court documents, al-Muhtadi allegedly armed himself and coordinated fighters as an operative of the National Resistance Brigades, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Prosecutors claim his phone pinged near Kibbutz Kfar Aza during the attack, and that he later entered the US on a fraudulent visa, denying any terrorist involvement on his application before settling in Lafayette, Louisiana.