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{{Short description|Hamas commander (1960–2010)}}
{{Short description|Hamas commander (1960–2010)}}
 
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[[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Britain's Foreign Office]] believes that the passports used were fraudulent;<ref name="google2">{{cite web|author=Brian Murphy and Barbara Surk|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iwVdaYpYsBz7wKRCUxpcqhtjr31AD9DTEN2O2|title=Dubai seeks global dragnet for Hamas slaying|publisher=AP|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> one report indicated that they had issued the passports in January 2010, the only difference between the actual identities being the photographs.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
[[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Britain's Foreign Office]] believes that the passports used were fraudulent;<ref name="google2">{{cite web|author=Brian Murphy and Barbara Surk|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iwVdaYpYsBz7wKRCUxpcqhtjr31AD9DTEN2O2|title=Dubai seeks global dragnet for Hamas slaying|publisher=AP|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> one report indicated that they had issued the passports in January 2010, the only difference between the actual identities being the photographs.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


[[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Ireland)|Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs]] declared that eight supposedly Irish passports used by the suspects were forged.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10319210.stm|title=Irish to expel Israeli diplomat over Hamas killing|date=15 June 2010|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=15 June 2010}}</ref> On 15 June, following an extensive investigation, the Department of Foreign Affairs came to "the inescapable conclusion that an Israeli government agency was responsible for the misuse and, most likely, the manufacture of the forged Irish passports associated with the murder of Mr. Mabhouh." The government's immediate diplomatic reaction was that "Israel be requested to withdraw a designated member of staff of its Embassy in Dublin."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=83576|title=Statement on... the investigations into the fraudulent use of Irish passports in the assassination of Mr. Mahmoud al Mabhouh|date=15 June 2010|publisher=Irish Department of Foreign Affairs|access-date=15 June 2010}}</ref>
[[Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland)|Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs]] declared that eight supposedly Irish passports used by the suspects were forged.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10319210.stm|title=Irish to expel Israeli diplomat over Hamas killing|date=15 June 2010|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=15 June 2010}}</ref> On 15 June, following an extensive investigation, the Department of Foreign Affairs came to "the inescapable conclusion that an Israeli government agency was responsible for the misuse and, most likely, the manufacture of the forged Irish passports associated with the murder of Mr. Mabhouh." The government's immediate diplomatic reaction was that "Israel be requested to withdraw a designated member of staff of its Embassy in Dublin."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=83576|title=Statement on... the investigations into the fraudulent use of Irish passports in the assassination of Mr. Mahmoud al Mabhouh|date=15 June 2010|publisher=Irish Department of Foreign Affairs|access-date=15 June 2010}}</ref>


According to a spokesman of the French Foreign Affairs ministry, the French passport was counterfeit.<ref>[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</ref> 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."<ref name=Jpost0118>{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=169035|title= Paris summons Israeli envoy over Mabhouh|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=18 February 2010|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref>
According to a spokesman of the French Foreign Affairs ministry, the French passport was counterfeit.<ref>[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</ref> 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."<ref name=Jpost0118>{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=169035|title= Paris summons Israeli envoy over Mabhouh|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=18 February 2010|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref>