Suspected Hamas terrorist arrested in Greece for allegedly plotting attack on Israeli cruise ship

A suspected Hamas terrorist, reportedly granted asylum a twelvemonth from the Gaza war, was arrested by Greek constabulary for allegedly plotting an onslaught connected an Israeli cruise line.

The Gaza man, 37, was arrested connected the Greek land of Crete connected Sunday for his alleged ties to 1 of 4 suspected Hamas terrorists antecedently arrested successful Cyprus, having traveled with him to Malaysia, wherever they allegedly received grooming successful making explosives from commercially disposable chemic agents.

The Israeli cruise vessel MS Crown Iris was the believed people of the onslaught earlier it was scheduled to get successful Crete connected Tuesday. Police did not publically place the antheral oregon sanction a people successful their archetypal statement.

Searches successful homes successful some Crete and the Greek capital, Athens, turned up a fig of mobile phones, a laptop, outer hard drives and slope cards, The Associated Press reported.

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A Wednesday protestation astatine the larboard of Piraeus adjacent Athens, Greece, opposing the accomplishment of the Crown Iris cruise vessel was a prelude to the apprehension of a suspected Hamas violent who is alleged to person plotted an attack. (Costas Baltas/Anadolu)

The suspect, an electrician who has been reportedly surviving successful Crete for the past twelvemonth and moving astatine a edifice determination aft being granted asylum, volition look earlier a magistrate aboriginal Sunday.

The suspected violent had placed an online bid for what constabulary said were "chemical agents" that could beryllium utilized successful the manufacture of explosives, according to the report.

State broadcaster ERT, cited by Israeli and Greek media, reported that constabulary besides recovered laboratory equipment.

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The lawsuit appears to beryllium portion of a broader determination counterterrorism probe. Cypriot authorities arrested 2 Palestinians connected May 22 aft quality led investigators to materials successful 2 residences that constabulary said could beryllium utilized to manufacture explosives. Two much Palestinian men were detained May 29 arsenic portion of the aforesaid investigation, according to Greek police.

The Crown Iris has go a recurring flashpoint astatine Greek ports amid choler implicit the warfare successful Gaza. Protesters gathered adjacent the vessel erstwhile it docked successful Piraeus connected Wednesday, June 3, and demonstrations against the vas person followed it astatine Greek ports since past year.

Protesters allege that Mano Maritime, the proprietor of the MS Crown Iris, is profiting from the Hamas-Israel warfare by selling tourer services to Israel Defense Forces soldiers during breaks from progressive duty.

In July 2025, Greek constabulary utilized teardrop state and made arrests arsenic demonstrators tried to artifact the vessel astatine Agios Nikolaos connected Crete.

Greek information forces were forced to support Israeli tourists traveling connected buses to committee the Israeli-owned cruise vessel MS Crown Iris astatine the larboard of Piraeus successful Athens connected June 3, 2026. (Aggelos Nakkas/AFP)

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The probe remains ongoing, and authorities person not announced ceremonial charges against the suspect.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.