CAA finds dinghy arrival to UK was part of Hamas-endorsed unit in Gaza
An investigation by Campaign Against Antisemitism has revealed that a man who posted on TikTok earlier today about his arrival in the UK was a member of a Hamas-endorsed unit involved in serious violence on the Gaza-Israel border who wants to “die for the sake of Allah”.
The man, who goes by Abu Wadei, posted a video on TikTok this morning showing the final steps of his journey from Gaza to Britain, in a dinghy. We have been urgently looking into who he is.
We have identified him in a video in which he took the microphone at a rally, apparently in Gaza. He told the crowd that he is a member of the “tyre burning unit”, which was active in the Hamas-endorsed violent border riots in 2018 and 2019. He then railed against Jews, adding that his “loftiest aspiration” is to “die for the sake of Allah”.
At the same rally, men chant a battle cry referring to a massacre of Jews: “Jews, remember the battle of Khaybar, the army of Muhammad is returning.”
The “Khaybar” chant is a classic Arabic battle cry referencing the massacre and expulsion of the Jews of the town of Khaybar in northwestern Arabia, now Saudi Arabia, in the year 628 CE. The chant has been heard in numerous anti-Israel rallies in Britain and abroad.
We have also found photographs of Abu Wadei apparently at a conference addressed by Yahya Sinwar. Sinwar is the deceased leader of the antisemitic, genocidal terrorist group Hamas. He was one of the primary organisers behind the group’s barbaric 7th October 2023 attack on Israel in which some 1,200 people were murdered and over 250 were taken hostage, 59 of whom are still held by Hamas.
A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “We are asking the Home Office to take immediate action to locate Abu Wadei and ensure that he cannot pose a threat to public security. Anyone who may have a track record of being in any way affiliated with Hamas or promoting antisemitic rhetoric must not be permitted to endanger this country.
“If jihadis who want ‘to die for the sake of Allah’ can enter the United Kingdom from Gaza with relative ease, that poses a serious threat to national security.”
