Assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh

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On 19 January 2010, al-Mabhouh was assassinated in his Dubai hotel room after being tracked by at least 29 suspects, of whom 26 carried forged or fraudulently-obtained passports from various European nations (whose passport photos were released), along with two Palestinians since arrested, and another unnamed suspect.{{cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/new-suspect-in-al-mabhouh-murder-in-dubai-1.589953|title=New suspect in Al Mabhouh murder in Dubai|work=Gulf News|date=28 February 2010|access-date=14 April 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100405092519/http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/new-suspect-in-al-mabhouh-murder-in-dubai-1.589953|archive-date=5 April 2010| url-status= live}}

The Sunday Times reported that al-Mabhouh's departure from Damascus to Dubai on Emirates Flight no. 912 at 10:05 on 19 January 2010 was tracked by an agent on the ground in Damascus.{{cite news|first=Uzi|last=Mahnaimi|title=Israel 'poisoned Hamas leader' |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7009625.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110510021050/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7009625.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 May 2011|work=The Sunday Times|date=31 January 2010|access-date=31 January 2010|location=London}} Salah Bardawil, a Hamas legislator, said al-Mabhouh put himself at risk by booking his trip online and informing family in Gaza of the telephone number of the hotel at which he would be staying on his trip.{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com//articles/0,7340,L-3851926,00.html |title=Report: German passport used by Dubai hit squad not forged |last=Waked |first=Ali |date=20 February 2010|newspaper=Ynetnews |access-date=20 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223034124/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3851926%2C00.html |archive-date=23 February 2010|url-status=live }}

Despite reports that al-Mabhouh traveled under a false passport with the fake name "Mahmoud Abdul Raouf Mohammed",{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0319/Dubai-assassination-spotlights-top-cop-skills-in-a-modern-day-Casablanca|title=Dubai assassination spotlights top cop skills in a modern-day Casablanca|publisher=CS Monitor|date=19 March 2010|access-date=28 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100428091128/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0319/Dubai-assassination-spotlights-top-cop-skills-in-a-modern-day-Casablanca|archive-date=28 April 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/02/2010216152630833241.html|title=Report: Dubai suspects had fake passports|date=16 February 2010|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=16 February 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100217052333/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/02/2010216152630833241.html| archive-date=17 February 2010| url-status= live}} Hamas and Dubai officials maintain that he entered the country under his own identity at 15:15.{{cite news|first=Phil |last=Sands |author2=Issa, Wafa |title=Assassinated al Mabhouh travelled to UAE without bodyguards |url=http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100131/FOREIGN/701309828/1002 |work=The National |date=31 January 2010|access-date=31 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203205239/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100131%2FFOREIGN%2F701309828%2F1002 |archive-date=3 February 2010|url-status=live }}{{cite news|first=Wafa |last=Issa |title=Al Mabhouh killed hours after arrival |url=http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100201/NATIONAL/701319829/1133/FOREIGN |work=The National |access-date=1 February 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820015917/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100201%2FNATIONAL%2F701319829%2F1133%2FFOREIGN |archive-date=20 August 2010}} Normally, al-Mabhouh would have been protected by bodyguards, but their arrival was delayed because the guards could not get tickets for the same flight, because "[T]here was no room for them on the flight", said Talal Nasser, a spokesman for Hamas in Damascus. "Therefore, he traveled alone, and the security guards were slated to join him the next day."{{cite news|first=Roee |last=Mahmias |title=Report: Mabhouh's bodyguards couldn't get plane tickets |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3842015,00.html |publisher=Ynetnews |date=31 January 2010|access-date=31 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203144315/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3842015%2C00.html |archive-date=3 February 2010|url-status=live }}

According to a 2018 article by Le Monde citing senior French intelligence officials, the Mossad ran the operation to kill Mabhouh out of Paris. The Mossad allegedly set up a makeshift command and control center in a hotel in the Bercy neighborhood of Paris equipped with computers and secure phones.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5317287,00.html|title = Report: Paris turns into Mossad's playground|newspaper = Ynetnews|date = 26 July 2018|last1 = Shabak|first1 = Tamar}} Dubai's police chief, Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim, stated that al-Mabhouh was transiting in Dubai before traveling to China.{{cite news|first=Yaakov |last=Lappin |title=Dubai police wants Dagan arrested |url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=169099.html |work=The Jerusalem Post|date=19 February 2010|access-date=19 February 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604164333/http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=169099.html |archive-date=4 June 2011}} Upon arrival in Dubai, al-Mabhouh took a taxi to the Al Bustan Rotana Hotel and settled into room 230.{{cite news |title=Dubai police identify 11 suspects in Hamas official's death |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/15/dubai.hamas.death/|publisher=CNN|date=16 February 2010|access-date=19 February 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100328082659/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/15/dubai.hamas.death/|archive-date=28 March 2010| url-status= live}} He had asked for a room with no balcony and sealed windows, so no one could enter other than through the door. He left the hotel between 16:30 and 17:00, roughly an hour after checking in.{{cite news|first=Avi |last=Issacharoff|title=Who killed Mahmoud al-Mabhouh?|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146911.html |work=Haaretz|date=2 February 2010|access-date=2 February 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100209234955/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146911.html|archive-date=9 February 2010|url-status= live}} What he did during the next three to four hours remains unclear. Dubai's police chief said he did not meet anyone in the emirate and that he went shopping. Meanwhile, the hit squad broke into his room. At 20:24 al-Mabhouh came back to the room, and subsequently failed to answer a call from his wife half an hour later.

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Hotel surveillance footage was released to the public showing the suspects, who had arrived on separate flights, meeting in the hotel. While the suspects apparently used personal encrypted communication devices among themselves to avoid surveillance,{{cite web|url=http://www.stratfor.com/memberships/154777/analysis/20100217_uae_death_mahmoud_al_mabhouh |title=UAE: The Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh |publisher=Strategic Forecasting Inc. |access-date=21 February 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221224027/http://www.stratfor.com/memberships/154777/analysis/20100217_uae_death_mahmoud_al_mabhouh |archive-date=21 February 2010}} the suspects were alleged by Dubai police to have sent and received a number of SMS messages to telephone numbers in Austria. When al-Mabhouh arrived around 15:00, two suspects dressed in tennis attire followed him to determine which room he had checked into, as well as the number of the room immediately across the hall. One of the lookout suspects could be seen on video delaying a tourist who exits the elevator on the second floor at this time, apparently to give other team members time to act. Investigators believe the electronic lock on al-Mabhouh's door may have been reprogrammed and that the killers gained entry to his room this way.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722213815/http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=5810 Alleged Assassins Caught on Dubai Surveillance Tape]}} The Muslim Observer, 18 February 2010. The locks in question, VingCard Locklink brand,Dubai police video, 21:42 can be accessed and reprogrammed directly at the hotel room door. According to Dubai Police, he was dead by 21:00 that evening.

On 20 January 2010 (the following day), a hotel cleaner attempted to gain entry, but found the door was locked from the inside. Hotel security was then called in to open the door. After the door was opened, al-Mabhouh's body was discovered on the bed.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8486531.stm|title=Hamas military commander 'assassinated in Dubai'|work=BBC News|date=29 January 2010}} On the drawer next to the bed, the assassins had placed a small bottle of medicine to make it appear as if he had died of natural causes.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Initially, Dubai authorities believed al-Mabhouh had died of natural causes.{{cite news|title=Dubai adds more suspects to hit squad|author=Jason Koutsoukis|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 February 2010|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/dubai-adds-more-suspects-to-hit-squad-20100218-oiye.html|access-date=19 February 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100220111647/http://www.smh.com.au/world/dubai-adds-more-suspects-to-hit-squad-20100218-oiye.html|archive-date=20 February 2010| url-status= live}}

Fawzi Benomran, the Dubai police coroner, said, "It was meant to look like death from natural causes during sleep." It took 10 days for the Dubai police to come to the conclusion that al-Mabhouh was assassinated. Benomran described the determination of the exact cause of death as "one of the most challenging cases" his department faced.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-feb-18-la-fgw-dubai-mabhouh-mossad18-2010feb18-story.html|title=Dubai's police chief accuses Mossad in killing of Hamas commander|date=18 February 2010|access-date=19 February 2010|author=Borzou Daragahi| work=Los Angeles Times|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100223085808/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/18/world/la-fgw-dubai-mabhouh-mossad18-2010feb18|archive-date= 23 February 2010| url-status= live}}

The Khaleej Times quoted an unnamed senior police official as saying that four masked assailants had shocked al-Mabhouh's legs before using a pillow to suffocate him.{{cite news|first=Amira|last=Agarib|title=4 suspects behind Mabhouh's murder identified|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/January/theuae_January922.xml§ion=theuae|work=Khaleej Times|date=31 January 2010|access-date=31 January 2010|archive-date=8 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608080832/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/January/theuae_January922.xml§ion=theuae|url-status=dead}} Another story reported by Uzi Mahnaimi stated that a hit team murdered al-Mabhouh with a heart-attack inducing drug, then proceeded to take photographs of his documents before leaving.

Al-Mabhouh's family said that medical teams who examined his body determined that he died in his hotel room after being strangled and receiving a massive electric shock to the head, and that blood samples examined by a French laboratory confirms that electrocution was the cause of death. According to Reuters news agency, traces of poison were found in al Mabhouh's autopsy.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE60S075 |title=Hamas says top commander killed by Israel in Dubai|work=Reuters|date=29 January 2010|access-date=21 February 2010}} Dubai authorities stated they were ruling the death a homicide and were working with the International Criminal Police Organization to investigate the incident.{{Cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-01/30/c_13156460.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202070950/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-01/30/c_13156460.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2010|publisher=Xinhuanet|title=Hamas vows to retaliate for assassination of top Hamas militant|date=30 January 2010}}

Other news reports gave varying causes of death, including suffocation with a pillow and poisoning.{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/sns-ap-ml-israel-hamas,0,28026.story |title=Hamas claims Israeli agents assassinated one of group's top operatives in Dubai hotel room |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=29 January 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604103407/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/sns-ap-ml-israel-hamas%2C0%2C28026.story |archive-date=4 June 2011}}{{Cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/hamas-man-was-suffocated-with-hotel-pillow-says-dubai-police-chief-1.576068|work=Gulf News|title=Hamas man was 'suffocated with hotel pillow', says Dubai Police chief|date=30 January 2010}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=213411|work=Tehran Times|title=Suspects in Hamas man's killing identified|date=31 January 2010}} In an international press conference General Tamim, the head of the investigation, said that the exact cause of death is yet to be concluded.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8XDhnEJ-N0 |title=Full Video-Part2 The assassination of Mahmoud al Mabhouh in Dubai|via=YouTube |date=31 January 2010|access-date=21 February 2010}}

Moreover, on 1 March 2010, the Dubai Police stated that he was first drugged.{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/dubai-hit-police-mahmoud-al-mabhouh-killed/story?id=9973592|title=Dubai Hit: Police Say They Know How Mahmoud al-Mabhouh Was Killed|last=McGreegor-Wood|first=Simon|date=1 March 2010|access-date= 1 March 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304063445/https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/dubai-hit-police-mahmoud-al-mabhouh-killed/story?id=9973592|archive-date=4 March 2010| url-status= live}}

Major General Khamis Mattar al-Mazeina as the deputy commander of Dubai's police gave details of the death of al-Mabhouh after forensic tests. Al-Mabhouh was injected in his leg with succinylcholine, a quick-acting, depolarizing paralytic muscle relaxant.{{cite news |title=Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was sedated before being suffocated, Dubai police say |work=The Times |first=Hugh |last=Tomlinson |location=Dubai |publication-place=London |date= March 1, 2010|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7044326.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604233413/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7044326.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 June 2011 |access-date=28 May 2010}} It causes almost-instant loss of motor skills, but does not induce loss of consciousness or anaesthesia. Then, al-Mabhouh was suffocated. Al-Mazeina said, "The assassins used this method so that it would seem that his death was natural."{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8541612.stm|title=Hamas man 'drugged and suffocated' in Dubai|work=BBC News|date=28 February 2010|access-date=14 April 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100401041450/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8541612.stm|archive-date=1 April 2010|url-status= live}}

Dubai's police chief, Lt. Gen. Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, announced his preliminary conclusions on 18 February that, "Our investigations reveal that Mossad is involved in the murder of al-Mabhouh ... It is 99% if not 100% that Mossad is standing behind the murder."{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0319/Dubai-assassination-spotlights-top-cop-skills-in-a-modern-day-Casablanca/%28page%29/2|title=Dubai assassination spotlights top cop skills in a modern-day Casablanca|publisher=CS Monitor|date=19 March 2010|access-date=28 May 2010}} After identifying the assumed names and photographs of 11 suspects, on 20 February 2010, he said his force had evidence directly incriminating the Mossad in the murder, adding that among the new evidence available were telephone communications between the suspected killers.{{cite news|title=Dubai has proof Mossad killed Hamas man|url=http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/02/20/100906.html|publisher=Al Arabiya news channel|date=20 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010}} On 24 February 2010, Dubai police identified 15 additional persons suspected of being involved in al-Mabhouh's assassination.{{cite news|title=Dubai Police name new suspects in al Mabhouh murder |url=http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100224/NATIONAL/100221954/1133 |work=The National |date=24 February 2010|access-date=24 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226045211/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100224%2FNATIONAL%2F100221954%2F1133 |archive-date=26 February 2010|url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/02/24/101364.html|title=Dubai names 15 more suspects in Hamas murder|publisher=Al Arabiya|date=24 February 2010|access-date=14 April 2010}} According to journalist Uzi Mahnaimi, the decision to kill al-Mabhouh was authorized by Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, after being suggested by Meir Dagan, the head of the Mossad, at a meeting in early January 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7034933.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531230519/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7034933.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 May 2010|title=Mastermind of Mossad's secret war|author=Uzi Mahnaimi|date=21 February 2010|work=The Sunday Times|location=London}} Later in March, Dubai police chief said "I am now completely sure that it was Mossad," and furthermore went on to say "I have presented the (Dubai) prosecutor with a request for the arrest of (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and the head of Mossad," for the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.

Dubai police said the assassins spent little time in the emirate, arriving less than a day before the assassination, killing al-Mabhouh between his arrival at 3:15 p.m. and 9 p.m. that night, and subsequently leaving the country before his discovery. The identities used by 11 of the suspects have been made public.For pictures and passport information, see [http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/details-of-the-prime-suspects-1.583842 Details of the prime suspects] from Gulf News The total number of suspects stands at 18, all of whom entered the country using fake or fraudulently obtained passports.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/02/19/israeli-secret-service-mossad-to-blame-for-killing-of-hamas-commander-in-dubai-says-police-chief-86908-22054323/|title=Israeli secret service Mossad to blame for killing of Hamas commander in Dubai, says police chief|date=19 February 2010|author=Chris Hughes|access-date=20 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223042408/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/02/19/israeli-secret-service-mossad-to-blame-for-killing-of-hamas-commander-in-dubai-says-police-chief-86908-22054323/|archive-date=23 February 2010| url-status= live}} Dubai police, who stated that their airport personnel were trained by Europeans to identify faked documents, said that the European passports used were not forgeries.{{cite web|url=http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/149825/reftab/149/Default.aspx |title=EU passports of Hamas murder suspects not fake: Dubai police|work=Arab Times|access-date=18 February 2010}} British, Canadian, and Irish governments said the passports bearing their countries' names were, "either fraudulently obtained or [are] outright fakes."{{cite web|url=http://www.theweek.com/article/index/106488/Instant_briefing_Dubai_Hit_Squad|title=Instant briefing: 'Dubai Hit Squad'|date=18 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010|work=The Week|archive-date=21 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221054708/http://www.theweek.com/article/index/106488/Instant_briefing_Dubai_Hit_Squad|url-status=dead}} All the stolen passports are from countries that do not need visas for the UAE.[http://www.smh.com.au/national/mossad-hit-snares-australians-20100225-p60e.html?skin=text-only 'Mossad' hit snares Australians] The Sydney Morning Herald 26 February 2010

• United Kingdom: Six passports with the names Paul John Keely, Stephan Daniel Hodes, Melvyn Adam Mildiner, Jonathan Louis Graham, James Leonard Clarke, and Michael Lawrence Barney,{{cite news|first=Adrian |last=Blomfield|author2=Hough, Andrew|title=Dubai accuses British passport holders of killing Hamas chief |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7246914/Dubai-accuses-British-passport-holders-of-killing-Hamas-chief.html|work=The Telegraph|date=16 February 2010|access-date=16 February 2010|location=London|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100218164919/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7246914/Dubai-accuses-British-passport-holders-of-killing-Hamas-chief.html|archive-date=18 February 2010|url-status= live}} and another six passports with the names Daniel Marc Schnur, Gabriella Barney, Roy Allan Cannon, Stephen Keith Drake, Mark Sklur, and Philip Carr.{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d185689c-216f-11df-830e-00144feab49a.html|title=Dubai police press statement|date=25 February 2010|work=Financial Times|access-date=1 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206212526/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d185689c-216f-11df-830e-00144feab49a.html |archive-date=6 December 2011| url-status= live}} On 24 May 2010, another British suspect was publicized - Briton Christopher Lockwood.{{cite news| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704904604575262300227315806|work=The Wall Street Journal| first=Chip|last=Cummins|title=U.A.E. Seeks Briton in Hamas Official's Death|date=24 May 2010}} It was later discovered that this suspect had stolen the identity of an Israeli soldier who was killed in the Yom Kippur War.{{cite news|last=Harman|first=Danna|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/report-suspect-in-dubai-assassination-used-identity-of-fallen-idf-soldier-1.318106|title=Suspect in Dubai assassination used identity of fallen IDF soldier |work=Haaretz|date=10 October 2010|access-date=17 November 2012}}
• Republic of Ireland : Three passports with the names Gail Folliard, Kevin Daveron, and Evan Dennings and another three with the names Ivy Brinton, Anna Shauna Clasby, and Chester Halvey. Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs declared that the passports used by the suspects were counterfeit{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3850012,00.html |title=Ireland says passports used in Dubai fake|date=16 February 2010|newspaper=Ynetnews|access-date=18 February 2010}} and stated that it was "unable to identify any of those three individuals as being genuine Irish". According to the department, Ireland has never issued passports in those names.{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150127.html|title=Ireland confirms 'Irish' Dubai killers don't exist|work=Haaretz|access-date=18 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217172943/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150127.html|archive-date=17 February 2010| url-status= live}} While the names and signatures were fake, the numbers on the passports were genuine, and belong to Irish citizens.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0220/1224264879232.html|title=Search still on for fifth passport holder|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=20 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010}} Four of the five citizens have been contacted by the Department of Foreign Affairs, all of whom live in Ireland; none of them have travelled to the Middle East, lost their passports or had them stolen.
• France: One passport with the name Peter Elvinger (suspected of being used by the hit squad leader,{{cite news |author= |title='Hit squad' named in Dubai hotel murder of Hamas figure Mahmud al-Mabhuh |url=http://www.news.com.au/world/hit-squad-named-in-dubai-hotel-murder-of-hamas-figure/story-e6frfkyi-1225830830914 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219043935/http://www.news.com.au/world/hit-squad-named-in-dubai-hotel-murder-of-hamas-figure/story-e6frfkyi-1225830830914 |archive-date=19 February 2010 |access-date=18 February 2010 |publisher=News}} and logistical coordinator), plus another three passports with the names David Bernard LaPierre, Mélanie Heard, and Eric Rassineux.{{cite news|first=Wafa|last=Issa|title=They came, they killed, and in hours they were gone|url=http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100216/NATIONAL/702159835/1010|work=The National|date=16 February 2010|access-date=16 February 2010}} According to a spokesman of the French Foreign Affairs ministry, the passport in the name of Elvinger was counterfeit.[https://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/editorial/actual/ael2/pointpresse.asp?liste=20100218.html 2 – ASSASSINAT D'UN CADRE DU HAMAS A DUBAI] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725105613/https://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/editorial/actual/ael2/pointpresse.asp?liste=20100218.html |date=25 July 2011}}, Point de Presse, 18 February 2010 The French government summoned the Israeli chargé d'affaires in Paris on 18 February and the French Foreign Ministry issued a statement expressing, "deep concern about the malicious and fraudulent use of these French administrative documents."{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=169035|title= Paris summons Israeli envoy over Mabhouh|agency=Associated Press| work=The Jerusalem Post|date=18 February 2010|access-date=18 February 2010}}
• Germany: One passport with the name Michael Bodenheimer. German officials initially said that the passport number which they received from the authorities in Dubai is either incomplete or does not exist. Later, it was revealed that the passport was genuine. According to German federal investigators, an Israeli man named Michael Bodenheimer acquired German citizenship in June 2008 after providing immigration officials in Cologne with the pre-World War II address of his grandparents and his parents' marriage certificate.{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1151069.html|title=German passport tied to Dubai hit wasn't forged|author=Yossi Melman|work=Haaretz|date=20 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100223033913/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1151069.html|archive-date=23 February 2010|url-status= live}} He stated that he was an Israeli citizen and gave his address as a temporary "virtual office" that he had bought in Herzliya (as of 22 February the office does not exist anymore).{{cite news|title=The Dubai Assassins: Alleged Killer Left Traces in Cologne and Israel |author1=Christoph Schult |author2=Holger Stark |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,679530,00.html |date=22 February 2010|access-date=1 March 2010|work=Der Spiegel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224110156/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0%2C1518%2C679530%2C00.html |archive-date=24 February 2010|url-status=live }} A Michael Bodenheimer who lives in Israel and holds dual American and Israeli citizenships said he does not know how his identity was stolen. One person who has the passport name Uri Brodsky was arrested in Poland in early June 2010. He was in Cologne with Michael Bodenheimer and Germany is seeking his extradition.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10302022.stm Israeli wanted over Dubai killing 'held in Poland',Source: BBC News Online, 12 June 2010] See sub-heading "Alexander Verin/Uri Brodsky" below for more information.
• Australia: Three passports with the names Nicole Sandra Mccabe (who at the time was heavily pregnant according to her mother{{cite web|last=Cuneo|first=Clementine|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/parents-of-aussies-named-as-suspects-in-the-assassination-of-a-hamas-militant-fear-their-childrens-lives-are-in-danger/story-e6frf7jo-1225834319482 |title=Parents of Aussies named as suspects in the assassination of a Hamas militant fear their children's lives are in danger |work=Herald Sun|date=25 February 2010|access-date=14 April 2010}}), Adam Korman and Joshua Aaron Krycer.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/09/2840199.htm|title=Fourth Australian passport used in Dubai hit|newspaper=ABC News|publisher=ABC|date=9 March 2010|access-date=14 April 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100412084706/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/09/2840199.htm| archive-date=12 April 2010|url-status= dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/kill-squad-passport-link-its-not-my-son-says-aussie-mother-20100225-p5fz.html |title=Kill squad passport link: it's not my son, says Aussie mother |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=25 February 2010|access-date=14 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410031555/http://www.smh.com.au/national/kill-squad-passport-link-its-not-my-son-says-aussie-mother-20100225-p5fz.html |archive-date=10 April 2010|url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article7054855.ece |access-date=9 March 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605011604/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article7054855.ece |archive-date=5 June 2011|title=New suspect named in Dubai assassination - Times Online }} Adam Marcus Korman, an Israeli-Australian citizen living in Israel, said that he was shocked and angry that his identity was stolen.{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3854066,00.html |title=ה"ה'מחסל' מדובאי בשדרות רוטשילד 'אני בהלם' – חדשות|date=24 February 2010|newspaper=Ynet|access-date=14 April 2010|last1=זיתון|first1=יואב}} In addition, the other three names are names of residents of Israel.{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/02/dubai-more-fallout-from-mabhouh-assasination-australia-says-passport-abuse-not-the-act-of-a-friend.html|title=In fallout from Mabhouh killing, Australia says passport abuse is 'not the act of a friend'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=25 February 2010|access-date=20 April 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100402081352/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/02/dubai-more-fallout-from-mabhouh-assasination-australia-says-passport-abuse-not-the-act-of-a-friend.html|archive-date=2 April 2010| url-status= live}} A man named Joshua Krycer works in a hospital located in Jerusalem.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8557255.stm|title=Fourth Australian named by Dubai in Hamas killings|publisher=BBC|date=9 March 2010|access-date=14 April 2010}}{{cite news |author=Lyons |first=John |date=9 March 2010 |title=Passport in name of Joshua Aaron Krycer linked to Hamas assassination |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/passport-in-name-of-joshua-aaron-krycer-linked-to-hamas-assassination/story-e6frg6so-1225838561842 |access-date=14 April 2010 |work=The Australian}}{{cite news|author1=Stuart Rintoul |author2=John Lyons |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/fourth-aussie-in-dubai-passport-rort/story-e6frg6nf-1225838883489 |title=Fourth Aussie in Dubai passport rort|work=The Australian|date=10 March 2010|access-date=14 April 2010}}

The names used on the British passports belong to suspects who live in Israel and hold dual citizenships.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/17/british-israelis-stolen-identities|title=Dubai murder: The British-Israelis who had their identities stolen|author=Rory McCarthy|work=The Guardian|date=17 February 2010|access-date=18 February 2010|location=London|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100219081100/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/17/british-israelis-stolen-identities| archive-date=19 February 2010| url-status= live}} An analysis of the assassination in The Jewish Chronicle noted that this, "is the first real piece of information that could link Israel to the operation."{{cite web|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/israel-news/28364/analysis-if-it-was-mossad-then-was-it-a-success|title=Analysis: If it was Mossad, then was it a success?|author=Anshel Pfeffer|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=18 February 2010|access-date=18 January 2010}} According to Palestine Chronicle Post, Mossad is known to use the identities of Israelis with dual citizenship. In 1997, two Mossad agents traveled with Canadian passports of dual citizenship Israelis to Amman in a botched attempt on the life of Hamas leader Khaled Mashal.{{cite news|first=Tammy|last=Obeidallah|title=Israel Gets Away with Murder ... Again|url=http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15736|date=11 February 2010|access-date=19 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217081837/http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15736|archive-date=17 February 2010|url-status=dead}} According to former katsa Victor Ostrovsky, a Canadian citizen, the Mossad formerly asked permission to use the passports of Israelis with dual nationality, but "I believe at some point, they stopped asking."{{cite news|first=Borzou |last=Daragahi |title=A bumbling Mossad hand suspected in Dubai assassination |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-dubai-mabhouh19-2010feb19,0,2458273.story |work=Los Angeles Times|date=19 February 2010|access-date=19 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324130805/http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-dubai-mabhouh19-2010feb19%2C0%2C2458273.story |archive-date=24 March 2010|url-status=live }}

A Jerusalem-based British citizen whose name was used on one of the passports told Reuters news agency that he has never been to Dubai and had no connection with the Mossad or the killing. He said that he did not "know how this happened or who chose my name or why".{{cite web|url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100216/world/international_us_uae_hamas_israel |title="It's not me," man in Israel says in hit-squad saga |agency=Reuters |access-date=18 February 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219114117/http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100216/world/international_us_uae_hamas_israel |archive-date=19 February 2010}} In addition, three other Israelis whose names appeared on the passports reported to the Israeli Channel 2 news that they did not understand the coincidence, and were not related at all to the suspects.{{cite web|url=http://reshet.ynet.co.il/חדשות/News/Politics/Security/Article,37929.aspx |title=חדשות 2 – מחסלי המוסד בישראל מגיבים |publisher=Israel News 2 |access-date=18 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302083806/http://reshet.ynet.co.il/%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/News/Politics/Security/Article%2C37929.aspx |archive-date=2 March 2010|url-status=dead }} In the wake of the revelation that passports of British citizens had figured prominently in the operation, the United Kingdom's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) launched its own investigation into the matter,{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Evans|author2=Booth, Jenny|author3= Tomlinson, Hugh|title=Ex-MI5 boss heads UK inquiry into Dubai assassination|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7030603.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110604213735/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7030603.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|work=The Times|date=17 February 2010|access-date=17 February 2010|location=London}} and plans to interview the first round of British passport holders that had their identities stolen.{{cite news|first=Adrian|last=Blomfield|author2=Malkin, Bonnie |title=SOCA to interview passport holders in Israel |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7326215/SOCA-to-interview-passport-holders-in-Israel.html |work=The Telegraph|date=26 February 2010|access-date=26 February 2010|location=London}} The British Foreign Office also summoned the Israeli ambassador on 18 February to share information on the matter.{{cite news|title=UK 'invites' Israeli envoy for talk|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=168990 |work=The Jerusalem Post|date=18 February 2010|access-date=18 February 2010}}{{cite news |first=Julian|last=Borger|title=Britain summons Israeli ambassador over Dubai murder|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/17/israeli-ambassador-summoned-dubai-murder|work=The Guardian|date=17 February 2010|access-date=17 February 2010|location=London|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100219075826/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/17/israeli-ambassador-summoned-dubai-murder| archive-date= 19 February 2010| url-status= live}} The British government denied claims that Mossad had tipped off the UK that their passports would be used for an operation.{{cite news|first=Ian|last=Black|title=Britain denies advance knowledge of Dubai killing|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/19/britain-israel-mossad-dubai-hamas|work=The Guardian|date=19 February 2010|access-date=19 February 2010|location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100221070407/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/19/britain-israel-mossad-dubai-hamas| archive-date= 21 February 2010| url-status= live}}

The photographs of 11 of the suspected killers were added to Interpol's most wanted list on 18 February, with a note specifying that they had been published since the identities adopted by the suspects were faked. Dubai airport officials carried out routine retinal scans on 11 of the suspects sought in the assassination when they entered the country and Dubai police said they would publish the scans through Interpol.{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150754.html|title=Interpol adds suspected Dubai assassins to most wanted list|author=Avi Issacharoff |newspaper=Haaretz|date=18 February 2010|access-date=18 February 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100220042257/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150754.html| archive-date= 20 February 2010| url-status= live}}

YNetNews said some hit squad members fled to Iran after the assassination.{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3854035,00.html|title=Dubai says identified 15 new suspects in Mabhouh killing; some fled to Iran|date=24 February 2010|newspaper=Ynetnews|access-date=14 April 2010|first=Eyal|last=Lehman}}

Seventeen of the suspects used MasterCards branded by MetaBank of Storm Lake, Iowa but issued by Payoneer Inc which were used to buy their plane tickets in other countries before their arrival in Dubai.{{cite news|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/dubai-police-say-mossad-killed-hamas-man-20100220-omua.html|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=Dubai police say Mossad killed Hamas man|date=20 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010|work=The Sydney Morning Herald| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100223003919/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/dubai-police-say-mossad-killed-hamas-man-20100220-omua.html|archive-date=23 February 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3851801,00.html |title=Dubai says new evidence links Israel to hit |newspaper=Ynetnews |agency=Reuters |publisher=Ynet |date=20 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222050335/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3851801%2C00.html |archive-date=22 February 2010|url-status=live |author-link=Reuters }}{{cite web|url=http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/261748|title=Dubai: Number of suspects in Mabouh killing rises to 26|publisher=Albawaba|date=14 February 2010|access-date=14 April 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7039272.ece |access-date=24 February 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601230735/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7039272.ece |archive-date=1 June 2010|title=12 fake UK passports now linked to Dubai murder - Times Online }}{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/24/uae.murder.plot/index.html |title=Dubai murder suspects climb to 26 |publisher=CNN |date=25 February 2010|access-date=14 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403094722/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/24/uae.murder.plot/index.html |archive-date=3 April 2010|url-status=live }} Other credit cards show ties to Britain's Nationwide Building Society, IDT Finance of Gilbraltar, and Germany's DZ Bank AG.{{cite news|last=Abi|first=Maria |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704240004575085162815073170?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_world|title=Dubai Names 15 More Suspects in Hamas Leader's Death|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=24 February 2010|access-date=21 April 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100329003325/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704240004575085162815073170.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_world|archive-date=29 March 2010| url-status= live}}

Payoneer is an Israeli start-up now based in New York with R&D offices and a majority of its employees in Tel Aviv. CEO Yuval Tal, is a former member of the IDF Special Forces. Payoneer is held by three venture capital firms: Greylock Partners, Carmel Ventures, and Crossbar Capital. Greylock, which has offices in the U.S. and Herzliya, Israel, was established by Moshe Mor, a former military intelligence captain in the Israeli army. Carmel Ventures is an Israeli venture capital fund based in Herzliya. Crossbar Partners is run by Charlie Federman, who is also managing director of the BRM Group, a venture capital fund also in Herzliya that was co-founded by Nir Barkat, a former mayor of Jerusalem.{{cite web| url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/no-us-help-requested-in-al-mabhouh-case-police-1.591193|title= No US help requested in Al Mabhouh case – police|work=Gulf News|date=3 March 2010|access-date=3 March 2010}}

The New York Post originally reported that Tal has disappeared since his company was identified as the issuer of some of the killers' credit cards, with his Brooklyn neighbors telling the NYPD that he left the country.[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nyer_linked_to_dubai_hit_disappears_ILkzvXvivqm91z6UhhkpTN NYer linked to Dubai hit disappears] New York Post 10 March 2010 He reappeared a day later, however.{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.com/2010/wall-street/payoneer-yuval-tal-hasnt-disappeared-hes-israel-business|title=Yuval Tal Reappears! Payoneer's CEO Hasn't Vanished, Just 'on a Business Trip in Israel'|work=Observer|date=11 March 2010|access-date=14 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429194659/http://www.observer.com/2010/wall-street/payoneer-yuval-tal-hasnt-disappeared-hes-israel-business|archive-date=29 April 2010|url-status=dead}}

The Dubai Police has found the DNA of one person and some fingerprints of other persons which are suspected.{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1152584.html|title=Dubai police: We have '100 percent' DNA proof of one assassin|work=Haaretz|date=26 February 2010|access-date=14 April 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100413205328/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1152584.html|archive-date=13 April 2010|url-status= live}} The chief of Dubai Police Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim said that there are 648 hours of video films in which the 27 suspected persons are appearing[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3857239,00.html 648 hours of video films with the 27 suspected persons], YnetNews 3 March 2010. and announced that the police has found the DNA of four suspected agents.{{cite web|author=Ahmed al Sharif|url=http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/03/11/102731.html|title=Says police has DNA of four Mossad agents|publisher=Al Arabiya|date=11 March 2010|access-date=14 April 2010}}

Two Palestinians, Ahmad Hasnin, an intelligence operative of the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA), and Anwar Shekhaiber, an employee of the PA in Ramallah, were arrested in Jordan and handed over to Dubai as suspected accomplices to the assassination, suspected of giving logistical assistance such as providing car rentals and hotel bookings.{{cite news|title=Interpol adds suspected Dubai assassins to most wanted list|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150754.html|newspaper=Haaretz|date=18 February 2010|access-date=18 February 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100220042257/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150754.html|archive-date=20 February 2010|url-status= live}} Hamas claimed that their arrest was evidence linking the Palestinian Authority to the killing, while the Palestinian Authority retorted by accusing the arrested Palestinians of being members of Hamas.{{cite news|first=Ali|last=Waked|title=PA says won't reveal identity of Dubai assassin suspects|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3849818,00.html|newspaper=Ynet News|date=16 February 2010|access-date=16 February 2010}}

The two men are reported to be related to one another and to have lived in Gaza until Hamas took over full control of the Strip in 2006. One went straight to Dubai, while the other joined him after first going to Ramallah, where he was sentenced to death by a Palestinian Authority court, a punishment generally handed down to Israeli collaborators.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7034183.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604234131/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7034183.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|author=Sheera Frankel|title='Collaborators' could link Mossad with Dubai killing|date=19 February 2010|access-date=19 February 2010|newspaper=The Times|location=London}} The recruitment of Ahmad Hasnin by the Mossad could have been done when he was imprisoned by Israel for a month in June 2007 for his involvement with Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the military wing for Fatah. He came to the UAE in 2008, according to a family source.{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100220/NATIONAL/702199792/1133/opinion|title=Al Mabhouh suspects' credit cards were in fake names|newspaper=The National|date=19 February 2010|access-date=19 February 2010}}

Dubai authorities said that one of the two Palestinians held in custody met a suspect in a suspicious place, time and manner, while the second is closely related to him and was found to have already been sentenced to death by one of the Palestinian parties. The second suspect is wanted by Hamas. They are both being held to ensure that no one comes to execute them.{{cite news|url=http://www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/al-mabhouh-was-easy-target-for-assassins-says-dubai-police-chief-1.586084|title=Al Mabhouh was easy target for assassins, says Dubai Police chief|author=Siham Al Najami|newspaper=Gulf News|date=20 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100222235735/http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/al-mabhouh-was-easy-target-for-assassins-says-dubai-police-chief-1.586084|archive-date=22 February 2010| url-status= live}}

A Haaretz report based on information from an unnamed Arab diplomatic source said that Dubai police had asked Syria to detain Mohammed Nasser and other Hamas men for questioning. According to media reports, Nasser was in Dubai in the days before al-Mabhouh's killing and was intimately familiar with his schedule and whereabouts.{{cite news|date=23 February 2010|title=Iran: Dubai hit is an act of state terrorism by Israel|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1151781.html|access-date=1 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413232022/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1151781.html|archive-date=13 April 2010}}

Dubai Police chief Dahi Khalfan said on 3 March 2010 he requested for the Dubai prosecutor to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of Mossad, Meir Dagan for the murder.{{cite news|date=3 March 2010|title=Israeli PM's arrest sought over murder|url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/israeli-pms-arrest-sought-over-murder/story-e6frfku0-1225836329886|access-date=3 March 2010|agency=Agence France-Presse|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100303224202/http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/israeli-pms-arrest-sought-over-murder/story-e6frfku0-1225836329886|archive-date=3 March 2010|url-status= live}}

On 4 June 2010, Polish police arrested a man at Warsaw airport carrying a false passport with the name Uri Brodsky, who was wanted by German authorities.[http://www.therightperspective.org/2010/06/13/arrest-made-in-mossad-passport-scandal Arrest Made In Mossad Passport Scandal] The Right Perspective, 13 June 2010 A European Arrest Warrant from Germany specified that Brodsky, also known as Alexander Verin (or Varin), was "suspected of being involved in illegally obtaining a [German] passport" for another man known as Michael Bodenheimer, who is alleged to have taken part in Mahmoud al-Mabhouh's murder.[http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,701826,00.html Arrest of Suspected Mossad Agent Strains German-Israeli Relations] Der Spiegel, 21 June 2010 A Polish court approved Brodsky's extradition to Germany on 7 July, pending appeal.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/05/AR2010070501285.html Alleged Mossad spy appears in Polish court]{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Washington Post, 5 July 2010[http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=180737 Poland to extradite alleged Mossad agent] The Jerusalem Post, 7 July 2010 However, the extradition was approved on the basis that Brodsky would not face German charges of espionage – instead he would only face the lesser charge of falsely-obtaining documents.[http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/poland-to-extradite-alleged-mossad-agent-tied-to-dubai-killing-1.300595 Poland to extradite alleged Mossad agent] Haaretz, 7 July 2010 Brodsky was transferred to German custody on 12 August, released on €100,000 bail on 13 August, and flown back to Israel on 14 August.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3935817,00.html German judge sets 'Uri Brodsky' free on bail] ynetnews, 13 August 2010[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/suspected-mossad-agent-lands-in-israel-after-released-in-germany-1.308057 Suspected Mossad agent lands in Israel after released in Germany] Haaretz, 16 August 2010 The German prosecutor indicated that Brodsky would not have to face trial after all, but instead that "the matter can now be dealt with by written proceedings," most likely resulting in a fine.[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67C2Z120100813 Germany releases suspected Israeli spy] Reuters, 13 August 2010 At the end of 2010, Germany suspended the case of falsifying documents in lieu of a €60,000 fine; however, a German arrest warrant on the espionage charges remains in effect.[http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,druck-739908,00.html The Anatomy of Mossad's Dubai Operation] Der Spiegel, 15 January 2011

On 11 October 2010, The National of Abu Dhabi published an interview with Dubai's police chief Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, in which he claims that a western country had arrested a top suspect of killing al-Mabhouh about two months earlier. The ambassador of the western country does not want to name the country and the name of the arrested suspect. Tamim expressed frustration at the lack of detail: "Why is it that every time an Israeli is involved in a crime, everyone goes mute? We want anyone who is dealing with this case to deal with it as a security case, and not to pay attention to any other consideration."[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703794104575545750050113226 Chip Cummins, Dubai Police Report Arrest in Hamas Murder Case, Wall Street Journal, 11 October 2010]Festnahme im Fall Mabhuh, (engl. Arrest in case Mabbuh), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 12 October 2010 (in German){{cite web | agency=The Associated Press | title=Dubai Police: Suspect in Hamas Assassination Arrested Abroad | date=October 11, 2010 | url=https://www.haaretz.com/2010-10-11/ty-article/dubai-police-suspect-in-hamas-assassination-arrested-abroad/0000017f-dc4c-d3ff-a7ff-fdec7a790000 | access-date=June 11, 2024}}

• {{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} United Arab Emirates – Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said, "The abuse of passports poses a global threat, affecting both countries' national security as well as the personal security of travelers." He also said that those responsible would be brought to account, noting that, "The UAE firmly believes that relations among nations should be conducted on the basis of respect for sovereignty, mutual trust and within the framework of international norms. Like all civilised nations, we abide by these principles and we will deal with this criminal act within the international framework expected of civilised nations."{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_killers-of-hamas-leader-used-diplomatic-passports-dubai-police_1350886|title=Killers of Hamas leader used diplomatic passports: Dubai Police|newspaper=DNA|date=21 February 2010|access-date=21 February 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100328085418/http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_killers-of-hamas-leader-used-diplomatic-passports-dubai-police_1350886|archive-date= 28 March 2010|url-status=live}} Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, expressed the country's deep concern that expertly doctored passports from nations that do not require advance visas were used by the suspected killers. UAE officials said they remained in "close contact with the concerned European governments," listing the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany and Austria.{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587077,00.html|title=United Arab Emirates Demand Passport Probe in Hamas Murder|publisher=Fox News Channel|date=21 February 2010|access-date=21 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224062229/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587077,00.html|archive-date=24 February 2010|url-status=dead}}

Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim said on 1 March 2010, during the International Security National Resilience Exhibition & Conference at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, that the police of the UAE will develop the skills to identify persons who are Israelis. So the police will deny the entry of any person as a suspected Israeli.{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100301/NATIONAL/100309997/1138/SPORT |title=UAE on alert for Israeli dual citizens|newspaper=The National|date=1 March 2010|access-date=14 April 2010}}

• {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom – Britain's Foreign Office believes that the passports used were fraudulent;{{cite news|author1=Brian Murphy |author2=Barbara Surk |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iwVdaYpYsBz7wKRCUxpcqhtjr31AD9DTEN2O2 |title=Dubai seeks global dragnet for Hamas slaying |agency=Associated Press |access-date=18 February 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220083109/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iwVdaYpYsBz7wKRCUxpcqhtjr31AD9DTEN2O2 |archive-date=20 February 2010}} one report indicated that they had issued the passports in January 2010, the only difference between the actual identities being the photographs.{{cite news|title=Dubai assassins stole identities of six UK citizens|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/17/dubai-assassins-stolen-british-identities|newspaper=The Guardian|date=17 February 2010|access-date=17 February 2010|location=London|first=Julian|last=Borger|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218210507/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/17/dubai-assassins-stolen-british-identities| archive-date=18 February 2010|url-status=live}} The Telegraph reported on 20 February that diplomatic sources say that the passport fraud was carried out by Israeli immigration officials. It is claimed that the dual Israeli-British citizens had their passports taken from them as they passed through the airport in Tel Aviv – the details on the documents were recorded (and they were most likely photocopied), and then used to create new documents. These new documents sported the pictures of the suspects, but used the names and numbers of those whose identities were stolen.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7280176/Israeli-immigration-officials-copied-British-passports-used-by-hit-squad-ministers-told.html|title=Israeli immigration officials copied British passports used by hit squad, ministers told|author=Melissa Kite|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=20 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010| location=London|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100223012431/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7280176/Israeli-immigration-officials-copied-British-passports-used-by-hit-squad-ministers-told.html|archive-date=23 February 2010|url-status=live}} As a result of an investigation by the British Serious Organised Crime Agency, the government concluded that there were "compelling evidence to believe that Israel was responsible for the misuse of the British passports."{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7506003/Mossad-spy-expelled-over-passport-cloning-row.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327132138/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7506003/Mossad-spy-expelled-over-passport-cloning-row.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 March 2010 |title=Mossad spy expelled over passport cloning row|date=24 March 2010|author=Rosa Prince|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=24 March 2010| location=London}} The British Foreign Secretary David Miliband expelled a senior Israeli diplomat, who was thought to be the Mossad's station commander in the country.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7507093/David-Miliband-Israeli-cloning-of-British-passports-was-intolerable.html|title=David Miliband: Israeli cloning of British passports was 'intolerable'|date=23 March 2010|author1=Rosa Prince |author2=Adrian Blomfield |name-list-style=amp |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=24 March 2010| location=London}}{{cite news|last=Bowen|first=Jeremy|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8583041.stm|title=Expulsion of diplomat sends a strong signal to Israel|newspaper=BBC News|date=23 March 2010|access-date=14 April 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100408045254/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8583041.stm| archive-date=8 April 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8582518.stm|title=Britain expels Israeli diplomat over Dubai passport row|newspaper=BBC News|date=23 March 2010|access-date=14 April 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100414110745/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8582518.stm|archive-date=14 April 2010|url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/23/uae.hamas.killing/?hpt=T1|title=Israel behind passport forgery in Dubai killing|publisher=CNN|date=23 March 2010|access-date=14 April 2010}} Britain also issued a warning to British passport holders traveling to Israel to "only hand your passport over to third parties including Israeli officials when absolutely necessary".{{cite web|url=http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/middle-east-north-africa/israel-occupied/ |title=Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories travel advice|publisher=FCO|access-date=14 April 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100328015025/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/middle-east-north-africa/israel-occupied/|archive-date=28 March 2010|url-status= live}} Israel had already used fake British passports to conduct an operation in 1987.
• {{flagicon|France}} France – François Fillon, the French Prime Minister, said that though it remained unclear as to who was responsible, "France condemns assassination. Assassination is not a means of action in international relations."{{cite news|title=French PM condemns Dubai assassination of Hamas man|newspaper=Ynetnews|publisher=Ynet|date=20 February 2010|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3851860,00.html|access-date=20 February 2010}} The Israeli chargé d'affaires in Paris was summoned on 18 February and the French Foreign Ministry issued a statement expressing, "deep concern about the malicious and fraudulent use of these French administrative documents." The French counterintelligence agency DCRI is believed to have protested to Mossad after finding it had used a Paris hotel as a base to stage the assassination.[http://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2013/10/25/comment-paris-a-soupconne-la-nsa-d-avoir-pirate-l-elysee_3502761_3210.html Comment Paris a soupçonné la NSA d'avoir piraté l'Elysée (Le Monde, 25 October 2013)] According to a Le Monde report, France was concerned that Hamas would suspect French involvement in the assassination due to the operation having been run out of Paris and the use of forged French passports, and suspended intelligence sharing with Israel.
• {{flagicon|Austria}} Austria – The spokesman for the Austrian Interior Ministry confirmed that Austria is investigating the use of Austrian mobile phones by the suspected killers.
• {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police denied an accusation from the Police Chief of the Emirate of Dubai that made an arrest in the case. A spokeswoman for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said that because the probe was a foreign investigation it would be "inappropriate" to comment.{{cite news |last1=Cummins |first1=Chip |title=Dubai Pushes Canada on Arrest |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304510704575562111516515880?shareToken=st2cf383b39af24db5ba8ecae1af95a453 |access-date=7 March 2020|work=The Wall Street Journal |date=19 October 2010}}
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Germany – Germany confirmed that it is actively pursuing information on the identity of the killers of al-Mabhouh.{{cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/al-mabhouh-was-easy-target-for-assassins-says-dubai-police-chief-1.586084|title=Al Mabhouh was easy target for killers, says Dubai Police chief|newspaper=Gulf News|author=Siham Al Najami|date=20 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100222235735/http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/al-mabhouh-was-easy-target-for-assassins-says-dubai-police-chief-1.586084|archive-date=22 February 2010|url-status=live}} The German federal prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe began investigations about foreign spy activities in connection with the German passport used by one suspect in Dubai.{{cite news|url=http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/150087/t/GCC-denounces-%E2%80%98terrorist%E2%80%99-killing-of-Hamas-chief/Default.aspx|title=Activities of the German federal prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe|newspaper=Arab Times online|access-date=14 April 2010}} The German Federal Intelligence Service told members of the German parliament that apparently the Mossad executed the operation in Dubai. According to Der Spiegel, the Mossad operation could be considered as an affront to the Germans since the current head of German intelligence, Ernst Uhrlau has been acting at the behest of the Israeli government as a liaison between Jerusalem and Hamas. He sought the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was abducted by Palestinian militants in 2006 in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by the Israelis. Urhrlau was in Israel just a few days before 19 January. By then the Dubai operation was certainly under way.{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,680913,00.html |title=An Israeli Affront Against Germany |newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=1 March 2010|access-date=14 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402064552/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0%2C1518%2C680913%2C00.html |archive-date=2 April 2010|url-status=live }}
• {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland – Investigations by Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs Passport Service and by the Garda Síochána concluded that eight Irish passports were used in the assassination, and all were forgeries (but based on information from valid passports). Irish citizens whose information had been used were issued with new passports. Dubai Police had Interpol issue red notices (arrest warrants) for Jael Foliard, Kevien Daverone, Ivy Broton, Evan Denengz and Anna Shauna Clasby, all of whom entered Dubai on forged Irish passports. Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin in a statement issued on 15 June 2010 said the Irish government had come to the "inescapable conclusion" that Israel was responsible for the forged passports used in the al-Mabhouh assassination, noting Israel did not assist in his country's investigations and did not deny involvement.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
• {{flagicon|Iran}} Iran – On 2 February, the Iranian foreign ministry blamed Israel for the incident, stating, "This is another indication of the existence of state terrorism by the Zionist regime".{{cite news|title=Iran: Assassination was Zionist terror |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3843019,00.html |agency=Reuters |newspaper=Ynetnews |date=2 February 2010|access-date=2 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206012929/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3843019%2C00.html |archive-date=6 February 2010|url-status=live }}
• {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia – On 25 February, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, said that any country that so abused Australian passports held Australia in contempt, stating, "we will not let the matter lie." In a meeting with Israeli Ambassador Yuval Rotem, Foreign Affairs Minister, Stephen Smith, made it "crystal clear" that if it was concluded that Israeli officials had condoned or sponsored the abuse of the Australian passports, "Australia would not regard that as the act of a friend".[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/australian-passports-in-hamas-hit-duplicated-or-altered-stephen-smith-says/story-e6frg6n6-1225834232594 Australian passports in Hamas hit duplicated or altered, Stephen Smith says] The Sydney Herald 25 February 2010 Soon after this occurred, Australia abstained on a UN motion to investigate alleged Israeli war crimes committed during the Gaza War, a motion that Australia had previously opposed. In the Australian press there was widespread speculation that the move was retaliation for the passport affair, although this was denied by the Australian government.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/australia-abandons-israel-in-un-vote-20100228-pb70.html|date=1 March 2010|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|title=Australia abandons Israel in UN vote|first1=Jonathan|last1=Pearlman|first2=Jason|last2=Koutsoukis}} In response to the incident, Australia expelled a Mossad agent who had been working in the Israeli embassy in Canberra on 24 May 2010.{{cite news|title=Expelled diplomat 'a Mossad agent'|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/expelled-diplomat-a-mossad-agent/story-e6frg6so-1225870610926|access-date=16 February 2013|newspaper=The Australian|date=24 May 2010}} Foreign Minister Stephen Smith was quoted as saying that Australian passports had been misused by Israel on previous occasions, and the decision to expel the Mossad agent "was made much more in sorrow than in anger".{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10145459.stm|date=24 May 2010|work=BBC News|title=Australia expels Israeli diplomat over Dubai killing}}
• {{flagicon|Lebanon}} Lebanon – Key Hezbollah members became nervous after the killing in Dubai. Since foreign passports were seemingly used for the attack, Hezbollah asked the Lebanese government for additional screening of foreigners entering Lebanon.{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/03/02/Hezbollah-claims-Israel-changed-rhetoric/UPI-40461267547537/|date=2 March 2010|work=United Press International|title=Hezbollah claims Israel changed rhetoric}}
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden – Foreign Minister Carl Bildt stated that "misuse of European passports is not to be tolerated".
• {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Luxembourg – Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn stated that "political assassinations have no place in the 21st century".{{cite news|title=Mossad Under Suspicion: EU Demands Israeli Cooperation over Dubai Killing|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,679735,00.html|newspaper=Der Spiegel}}
• {{flagicon|Spain}} Spain – Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos stated that his country was "extremely concerned".
• {{flagicon|Israel}} Israel – The Israeli government initially did not comment on claims that it was involved in al-Mabhouh's death. On 17 February, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman refused to confirm or deny any Israeli involvement, and noted a lack of solid evidence for Israeli involvement.{{cite news|title=Israel says no proof it carried out Hamas Dubai killing |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8520247.stm|work=BBC News|date=17 February 2010|access-date=17 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218025701/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8520247.stm|archive-date=18 February 2010|url-status=live}} On 24 February, The Jerusalem Post quoted the Israeli Opposition leader Tzipi Livni as saying, "Every terrorist must know that no one will support him when a soldier, and it doesn't matter what soldier, tries to kill him."{{cite web|last=Hoffman|first=Gil|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=169492|title=Livni: Int'l community must back Dubai hit |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=14 April 2010}} Israeli media and public opinion has generally accepted Mossad's responsibility for the operation.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/locals-accept-dubai-assassination-was-mossad-operation/story-e6frg6nf-1225834934957|title=Locals accept Dubai assassination was Mossad operation|newspaper=The Australian |first=Lyons|last=John|date=27 February 2010}} Due to Israel's military censorship laws the Israeli media at first were careful to use the phrase "according to foreign media reports" to avoid directly accusing Mossad, however the phrase was abandoned and Mossad's culpability was openly assumed after the first week of the scandal.{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/my-life-as-a-very-secret-agent-for-mossad/story-e6frg6so-1225832337774|title=My life as a very secret agent for Mossad|newspaper=The Australian|first=Lyons|last=John|date=20 February 2010}} Opinions of the Israeli media were divided between approving of the success of al-Mabhouh's killing and disapproving the sloppiness of the operation and the resultant exposure and media scandal. Haaretz{{'}}s Amir Oren called Dagan to be fired due to what he considered a sloppy job,{{cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/02/201021875613810292.html|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=18 February 2010|title=Israel pressured over Mabhouh death}} while the newspaper's Yossi Melman predicted Israel would emerge from the incident "unblemished".{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150394.html|title=Israel has nothing to worry about over Dubai killing|newspaper=Haaretz|access-date=14 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413204204/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150394.html|archive-date=13 April 2010|url-status=live}} After the United Kingdom expelled an Israeli diplomat over the use of British passports, Israeli right wing politicians commented against Britain's "disloyal" action. Knesset member Michael Ben-Ari stated that "This is anti-Semitism disguised as anti-Zionism". Israeli politician Aryeh Eldad stated that "Britain's behavior is hypocritical. Who are they to judge us in the war on terror?" Other than non-official comments made by right wing politicians, Israel has not officially responded.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/israeli-diplomat-spy-expelled-over-cloned-uk-passports-fm5pqkv5sq2 |access-date=2025-01-15 |title=Israeli diplomat 'spy' expelled over cloned UK passports |first1=Catherine |last1=Philip |first2=James |last2=Hider |date=2010-03-24 |work=The Times |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115132539/https://www.thetimes.com/article/israeli-diplomat-spy-expelled-over-cloned-uk-passports-fm5pqkv5sq2 |archive-date=2025-01-15}}
• {{flagicon|United States}} United States – On 28 December 2010, leaked diplomatic cables showed that Dubai considered keeping the assassination secret, and asked the United States to help track down information on credit card numbers suspected of having been used by the assassins.{{cite journal|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/uae-considered-keeping-mabhouh-hit-under-wraps-wikileaks-cables-reveal-1.333793|title=UAE considered keeping Mabhouh hit under wraps, WikiLeaks cables reveal|newspaper=Haaretz|date=28 December 2010|access-date=17 November 2012}} The United States did not cooperate with the investigation.{{cite journal|last=Pfeffer|first=Anshel|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-declined-to-cooperate-in-dubai-probe-of-mabhouh-killing-wikileaks-shows-1.333608|title=U.S. declined to cooperate in Dubai probe of Mabhouh killing, WikiLeaks shows|newspaper=Haaretz|date=28 December 2010|access-date=17 November 2012}}

The day following al-Mabhouh's death, Hamas' armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, announced that he died of terminal cancer in a hospital in the United Arab Emirates.[http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=255640 Hamas brigades founder dies in exile], Ma'an News Agency 20 January 2010

On 29 January, Hamas' deputy politburo chief Mousa Abu Marzook said, "Mossad agents are those who assassinated al-Mabhouh".[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3841367,00.html Abu Marzouk: Mossad behind Hamas official's assassination], Ynet News 29 January 2010 Top Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar speculated that same day that it was possible that members of the entourage of Israeli infrastructure minister Uzi Landau, who were in the United Arab Emirates at the time for a renewable energy conference, were involved in his killing.{{Cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146208.html|author=Jack Khoury|work=Haaretz|title=Report: Dubai has lead in assassination of top Hamas man|date=30 January 2010}}{{cite news |first=Yossi |last=Melman |title=Dubai narrows down seven suspects in murder of Hamas official |url=http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146385.html |work=Haaretz |date=31 January 2010|access-date=31 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203052057/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146385.html |archive-date=3 February 2010|url-status=dead }} Landau dismissed the claim, stating that his delegation was in Abu Dhabi, some 120 km from Dubai, and was escorted by an eight-man UAE security team at all times.{{cite news |first=Yossi |last=Melman |author2=Ravid, Barak |title=Dubai police: Seven Europeans linked to assassination of senior Hamas militant |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146622.html |work=Haaretz |date=1 February 2010|access-date=1 February 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100204200603/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146622.html| archive-date= 4 February 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite web |title=Landau denies links to Hamas terrorist's death |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=167435 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=31 January 2010|access-date=31 January 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100212145104/http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=167435| archive-date= 12 February 2010| url-status= live}}

On 2 February, Hamas' representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan said that Palestinian Authority security forces might have been involved in the death, stating that, "The Palestinian Authority security forces are pursuing [our] fighters and they have killed dozens of them since 1994."[http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=167578 Hamas rep in Lebanon suggests PA helped assassinate Mabhouh], Jerusalem Post 2 February 2010 Haaretz reported that details from a preliminary Hamas investigation procured by the newspaper suggested that al-Mabhouh was assassinated by agents of an Arab government, and that al-Mabhouh was wanted by Egypt and Jordan.{{cite news |first=Avi |last=Issacharoff |title=Hamas: Dubai assassins were likely Arabs, not Israelis |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146944.html |work=Haaretz |date=2 February 2010|access-date=2 February 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100204211216/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146944.html| archive-date= 4 February 2010| url-status= live}} On 12 February, senior Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal rejected reports that Hamas blamed Arab states for al-Mabhouh's death, and said the Israeli Mossad was solely responsible.[]http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=168546 'Next war with Israel will be regional'], Jerusalem Post 12 February 2010

On 19 February, Hamas representatives said that the two Palestinians arrested in Dubai, Ahmad Hassanain and Anwar Shheibar, are former members of Fatah's security forces and work at a construction company in Dubai owned by Mohammed Dahlan, a senior Fatah security official. A senior Hamas official told Al-Hayat newspaper that the two provided logistical aid to the Mossad hit team alleged to have carried out the murder, renting them cars and hotel rooms. The two were linked to a Gaza death cell under Dahlan's command, which worked to suppress dissidence among Palestinians.{{cite web | first=Ramzy|last=Baroud | title=The Fatah showdown: Mahmoud Abbas vs. Mohammad Dahlan |website=Al Arabiya English | date=2014-03-27 | url=https://english.alarabiya.net/views/news/middle-east/2014/03/27/The-showdown-Mahmoud-Abbas-vs-Mohammad-Dahlan- | access-date=2021-12-30}} Dahlan and Fatah denied the charges.{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1151029.html|title=Hamas: Palestinians linked to Dubai hit employed by Fatah strongman Dahlan|work=Haaretz|agency=Associated Press|date=19 February 2010|access-date=19 February 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100328222709/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1151029.html| archive-date= 28 March 2010| url-status= live}}

EU foreign ministers "strongly condemned" the use of forged European passports in the killing.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8528427.stm |title=EU condemns passport use in Dubai killing |work=BBC News |date=22 February 2010|access-date=14 April 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/112964.pdf |title=Foreign Affairs |publisher=Consilium |access-date=17 November 2012}}

Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings was quoted by the Los Angeles Times as stating, "If a foreign intelligence agency was responsible for the killing of al-Mabhouh, the matter should clearly be classified as an extrajudicial execution. There is no legal justification for the cold-blooded murder of a man who, if alleged to have committed crimes, could have been arrested and charged."{{cite news|title=Targeted for death |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-miller-web21-2010feb21,0,6251268.story |work=Los Angeles Times |date=21 February 2010|access-date=21 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223074642/http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-miller-web21-2010feb21%2C0%2C6251268.story |archive-date=23 February 2010|url-status=live }}

A 2010 Hebrew language novel titled Dubai and written by Yomi 'Eyni is set around the assassination.

In 2011, filmmaker Chris Marker released a short film called Stopover in Dubai, consisting of a news report of CCTV footage of the suspects and victim directly before, during and after the assassination. It was Marker's final film.

A 2013 spy action comedy film titled Kidon also revolves around the assassination. The 2015 Israeli TV series False Flag is also loosely based on the story of the assassination.

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• 2004 Israel–New Zealand passport scandal, arising from an attempt by Mossad operatives to get false passports from New Zealand in the name of a disabled man
• Israel–United Arab Emirates relations
• Lillehammer affair, the killing of a Moroccan waiter in Norway mistaken by Mossad for one of the Black September operatives who killed Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics
• Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
• List of unsolved murders

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• Video released by the Dubai Police documenting the assassination: {{YouTube|JghQ0ZcRfQs|Part 1}} {{YouTube|K8XDhnEJ-N0|Part 2}} {{YouTube|RWxjxTaWytE|Part 3}}
• [https://www.gq.com/news-politics/big-issues/201101/the-dubai-job-mossad-assassination-hamas The Dubai Job by Ronen Bergman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422024916/http://www.gq.com/news-politics/big-issues/201101/the-dubai-job-mossad-assassination-hamas |date=22 April 2015 }}
• [http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0319/Dubai-assassination-spotlights-top-cop-skills-in-a-modern-day-Casablanca Dubai assassination spotlights top cop skills in a modern-day Casablanca By Danna Harman]
• [http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100303_using_intelligence_almabhouh_hit Using Intelligence from the al-Mabhouh Hit By Fred Burton and Ben West]
• [http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100217/NATIONAL/702169818&SearchID=73382065485143 Chronology of the killing team] from The National
• Travel movements of suspects in [https://web.archive.org/web/20100331232449/http://www.thenational.ae/assets/pdf/AD53407224.PDF 2009], [https://web.archive.org/web/20100331115558/http://www.thenational.ae/assets/pdf/AD53408224.PDF 2010], and a [https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/feb/25/dubai-mabhouh-murder-suspects-flights summary]
• [http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/24/uae.murder.plot/index.html Passport pictures of the suspects] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100331001729/http://go.ynet.co.il/pic/news/24.02.2010/Doc2%20%283%29.doc Passport pictures with details]
• How the suspects are connected [https://web.archive.org/web/20101116085805/http://gulfnews.com/polopoly_fs/1.588332!menu/standard/file/suspects.pdf 2010]

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