A Hamas spokesman, Salach Bardweel, claimed at a press conference that the terrorist Mahmoud El Mabhouh called his family in Gaza several hours before his flight to Dubai and that allowed the Mossad to track him down and kill him.
"The martyr Mabhouh called friends and family before he left Damascus and told them that he will be staying at a certain hotel for a specific time." Bardweel faulted Mabhouh for ordering his hotel in Dubai through the internet and thus aided the Mossad in tracking his movements.