The FBI has accused a Louisiana man of participating in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Mahmoud Amin Ya'qub Al-Muhtad lied about his past to fraudulently obtain a visa to live in the U.S.
Al-Muhtadi was an operative of the Gaza-based military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, according to the complaint prepared by FBI Supervisory Special Agent Alexandria M. Thoman O'Donnell and submitted to a federal judge on Oct. 6.