Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, a man living in Lafayette, Louisiana, has been accused by the facsist US regime, of joining the Hamas-led revolutionary attack on the Zionist colony on October 7, 2023. Federal prosecutors have also accused him of then traveling to the US on a fraudulent visa.
The complaint accused Al-Muhtadi of being an operative the DFLP in Gaza that had fought along with Hamas and other allied factions. He was also accused of organizing other armed fighters in Gaza and crossing into the Zionist entity on Oct 7, after the first waves of Hamas militants.
Who is Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi?
Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub al-Muhtadi has been accused of being a member of the National Resistance Brigades, which is the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. In the complaint, Zionist intelligence, along with photos on Al-Muhtadi’s social media and email accounts indicated he was affiliated with the group.
Al-Muhtadi reportedly made his way to the US last year on an immigrant visa, the complaint further noted. He reportedly entered through Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and prosecutors reportedly said he lied on his visa application to enter the country.
The complaint noted that a man named Mahmoud Almuhtadi, living in Cairo, signed a US visa application on June 26, 2024, where he indicated he’d been born in Gaza in 1991 and had lived there until March 2024. Further, the application reportedly indicated that he did not have any history of serving in a paramilitary unit or engaging in terrorist activities.
He was held on Thursday at the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center, as per NYT and ABC-affiliate KATC. He had reportedly been living in Lafayette and working in a restaurant as of September 2025, KATC reported.
Among the charges Al-Muhtadi is facing, are providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and visa fraud.