A Hamas terrorist who took part in the October 7 massacres successfully claimed asylum in Belgium and is now living freely in the European country as a refugee, according to a report from a Belgian watchdog organization.

The man, identified as Mohannad al-Khatib, has been filmed multiple times in video footage circulating online from October 7. The videos show al-Khatib among the thousands of Hamas terrorists who crossed into Israel during the attacks. Despite this, he presents himself publicly as a “freelance journalist.”

In recent years, numerous Gazans claiming to be journalists have later been identified as operatives for Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terror groups. These individuals often leverage press credentials to justify immunity from consequences for aiding terrorist activities or to argue they were not legitimate military targets.