The Israeli army announced that it had arrested Mahmoud Al Najjar yesterday at the Kerem Shalom crossing, defined by the IDF as “a militiaman from the northern Hamas brigade who took part in the massacre of 7 October 2023”.
The arrest at the Kerem Shalom crossing
According to what was reported by the Israeli authorities, Al Najjar was involved in the attack carried out by Hamas on 7 October 2023. The arrest took place at the Kerem Shalom crossing, one of the main transit points between the Gaza Strip and Israel.
The destination: the University of Tor Vergata
According to the Gaza Strip news site Drop Sitethe young Palestinian was part of the group of students who arrived in Rome yesterday and was headed to the University of Tor Vergata.
The same site had explained that Al Najjar had been stopped while he was traveling to Italy to continue his university studies, after months of attempts to obtain authorization to leave Gaza.
The affair has drawn attention to the program that allows Palestinian students to reach foreign universities to continue their academic career, while the details of the accusations made against the young man by the Israeli authorities remain to be clarified.