A report said that Polish authorities have arrested an Israeli man, Uri Brodsky, on suspicion of involvement in the death of top Hamas terrorist Mahmoud al-Mabhouh last January in Dubai. According to the German Der Spiegel weekly, Brodsky was arrested on June 4, when he arrived in Warsaw. Brodsky was arrested based on an international arrest warrant issued in Germany, the report said.
According to the report, Brodsky assisted one of the 30-odd members of the team that Dubai authorities say killed Mabhouh to obtain a foreign passport.
The name on the passport belonged to a man who is a rabbi living in Bnei Brak.
Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed that an Israeli had been arrested in connection with the case. The Der Spiegel report said that Israel had asked Poland not to extradite Brodsky to Germany, where he would be tried for being a member of a spy organization, not for the Mabhouh killing itself.
The arrest is the first one in the case, following complaints by Britain, Ireland, France, Germany and Australia that the operatives that killed the terrorist had used passports issued in their countries to enter Dubai in order to set up the elimination of Mabhouh.
According to the report, Brodsky assisted one of the 30-odd members of the team that Dubai authorities say killed Mabhouh to obtain a foreign passport.
The name on the passport belonged to a man who is a rabbi living in Bnei Brak.
Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed that an Israeli had been arrested in connection with the case. The Der Spiegel report said that Israel had asked Poland not to extradite Brodsky to Germany, where he would be tried for being a member of a spy organization, not for the Mabhouh killing itself.
The arrest is the first one in the case, following complaints by Britain, Ireland, France, Germany and Australia that the operatives that killed the terrorist had used passports issued in their countries to enter Dubai in order to set up the elimination of Mabhouh.