Haniyeh's ex-bodyguard convicted of knife attack in UK, wanted in Germany over Hamas terror plot

Mohammed Al-Fatah, 40, the son of senior Hamas official Bassem Naim and a former bodyguard of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, according to media reports, was convicted on Friday at Birmingham Crown Court in the UK of wounding an enforcement officer with a bladed weapon, possessing two knives, and causing criminal damage.Al-Fatah is also wanted in Germany on suspicion of playing a central role in a Hamas plot to carry out terrorist attacks against Israelis and Jews in Europe around the second anniversary of the October 7 attack.Also known as Mohammed Naim, Al-Fatah was born in Germany and raised in the Gaza Strip. He arrived in the UK in 2014, was granted political asylum in 2015, and became a British citizen in 2020.British media reports have identified him as a former member of Haniyeh's security detail. His identity was protected by a court-imposed reporting restriction throughout the trial, but the order was lifted on Friday following his conviction.The incident occurred on October 14, 2025, when enforcement officer Kevin Becknall arrived at Al-Fatah's home in Birmingham's Kings Heath neighborhood to collect more than £2,250 in unpaid parking fines incurred by his wife.A confrontation broke out inside the house, after which Al-Fatah went outside armed with two large kitchen knives and half a brick.Footage shown in court captured him chasing Becknall's vehicle, swinging…