India, Oct. 18 -- Mahmoud Amin Ya'qub Al-Muhtadi, a Louisiana man, has been accused of fighting alongside Hamas during the October 7, 2023, attack in Israel. He was arrested from Lafayette, where he had been staying, and working at a restaurant since September 2025, ABC-affiliate KATC reported.

Several profiles on X have expressed outrage at the fact that Mahmoud Amin Ya'qub Al-Muhtadi was granted a US visa under the Joe Biden government.

"This is a wake-up call-Biden's lax visa policies let Mahmoud Ya'qub Muhtadi, an October 7th Hamas attacker, slip into Louisiana armed and dangerous. Secure borders and strict vetting are non-negotiable-America First means keeping terrorists out!," one person wrote on X.

Another commented, ".Al-Muhtad...