Report: A Palestinian from Gaza was kidnapped in Malaysia by the Mossad and released

According to the Al-Jazeera network, the Mossad kidnapped the Palestinian in September in the capital Kuala Lumpur, with the help of local Malaysian agents, and interrogated him via video call about his ties to the military wing of Hamas.

According to a Malaysian news site, the head of the kidnapping squad was a Malaysian woman about 30 years old who was recruited in 2018 to Mossad

Barak Ravid

17/10/2022

Monday, October 17, 2022, 10:18 p.m. Updated: 10:37 p.m.

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A Palestinian from Gaza was abducted by the Mossad in Malaysia and released by the country's security services - this is what the Al Jazeera network reported this evening (Monday).

According to the report, the kidnapping took place in September in the capital Kuala Lumpur, with the help of local Malaysian agents.

According to the Malaysian news site New Strait Times, the kidnapping took place on September 28 at 10 pm.

The abducted Palestinian was released by a special force of the Malaysian police 24 hours later. The special force of the police broke into the place where the Palestinian was being held in the midst of the interrogation he had undergone and while the kidnappers were beating him.

According to the report on the Malaysian website, the head of the kidnapping squad was a Malaysian woman in her mid-thirties, a private investigator who was recruited by the Mossad in 2018. That same year, a Hamas operative named Muhammad al-Batsh was killed in Malaysia. The local security services attributed the assassination to the Mossad. More was reported Because the woman who headed the kidnapping squad established an intelligence team that monitored two Palestinians. According to the report, the woman received about 2,000 euros a month from the Mossad.

The Al Jazeera network also reported that Malaysia's intelligence services were able to reach the place where the Palestinian was being held and arrest his kidnappers. According to the report, the Mossad interrogated the abducted Palestinian in a video call about his ties to the military wing of Hamas.

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