India, Sept. 28 -- A former bodyguard of assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh allegedly helped plan attacks on Israeli-linked targets in Europe after he was granted asylum and later British citizenship.

Identified only as "Mr X" by British media, the man was arrested in London in November 2025 on a German warrant. German prosecutors accuse him of being a member of Hamas and of transporting weapons to a cache in Vienna intended for attacks in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, The Times reported.

The man joined Haniyeh's security detail shortly after Hamas won the January 2006 Palestinian legislative election. The militant group secured 76 of the 132 seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council, after which Haniyeh became prime ministe...