Hamas
United States v. Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi
Status: Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi: Charged, October 17, 2025
- District
- Western District of Louisiana
- Docket number
- Not matched
- Group named in DOJ releases
- Hamas
- Statutes
- Not stated in DOJ release
- First DOJ release
- October 17, 2025
Primary Sources
- Gaza Man Arrested for Alleged Involvement in October 7, 2023 Terrorist Attacks, Office of Public Affairs, October 17, 2025
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi
- Status
- Charged (DOJ release, October 17, 2025)
- From the DOJ release:
Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, 33, a Gazan native currently residing in Lafayette, Louisiana, was arrested yesterday for his alleged involvement in the Hamas-led terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
- Age
- 33 (per DOJ release of October 17, 2025)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- alleged involvement in the Hamas-led terrorist attack against Israel on October 7, 2023, including arming himself, recruiting others, entering Israel to assist in the attack, and making false statements on a U.S. visa application regarding his involvement with Hamas and a paramilitary organization
- Charged or arrested
- October 17, 2025
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-al-muhtadi-2025/