A suspected Hamas operative allegedly worked at a luxury hotel on the Greek island of Crete while preparing for a suspected terror attack targeting an Israeli cruise ship, according to reports.
The 37-year-old Egyptian man of Palestinian origin, identified by the media as Motasem, was arrested by Greek special forces in the tourist resort of Agios Nikolaos during a raid in early June after recently taking a job as an electrician at the hotel.
Greek police discovered chemicals, a precision scale and other specialist equipment used to make bombs inside his apartment in Athens.
