A small-boat migrant who called for the death of all Jews has been freed from prison to roam the streets of Britain in a move which has struck fear into the community days after the Bondi Beach massacre, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Prison bosses have released Palestinian gun-toting militant Abu Wadee, 34, after he served nine months behind bars for illegally entering the UK on a dinghy.
Wadee, a known ‘Hamas supporter’, posted about his freedom from custody on social media – accompanied by a moody selfie – and has already lodged an asylum claim to stay in the UK.
The Mail on Sunday understands he is staying in a bail hostel and wearing an electronic tag. The Home Office has refused to confirm whether he will be deported.
On Saturday night, members of the Jewish community and campaigners branded Wadee a ‘dangerous extremist’ and urged the Government to deport him immediately because of the wider threat he posed.
Their calls come in the aftermath of shootings in Sydney on December 14 which killed 15 people celebrating Hanukkah and an attack on British soil just two months ago, where Jews were targeted at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur.
Gideon Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism group said: ‘The Home Office owes the public answers, and given the potential threat, we need them now.
‘British Jews can see that from Manchester to Sydney, the intifada has been well and truly globalised. The authorities need to get a grip – we are out of time.’
Palestinian Abu Wadee, 34, has been released from prison after serving nine months behind bars for illegally entering the UK on a dinghy
The gun-toting militant’s release has struck fear into the Jewish community days after the Bondi Beach massacre
Wadee, pictured with a slingshot for hurling rocks, is understood to be staying in a bail hostel in the UK and wearing an electronic tag
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: ‘This scumbag is a dangerous extremist.
‘He has spouted anti-Semitic bile, called for the massacre of Jews and has been pictured brandishing an assault rifle. He must be immediately deported.’
Mr Philp added that leaving the European Convention on Human Rights would mean foreign criminals such as Wadee could be removed within days of their illegal arrival in the UK.
And on Saturday night Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said: ‘The Government must finally concede that there are people crossing in small boats who hate our country, and treat it as a national security emergency.’
Wadee, also known as Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas, was jailed in May after he was convicted over his illegal arrival in the UK on a dinghy, which he live-streamed on TikTok.
He was arrested by Home Office immigration enforcement officers at an asylum hotel in Manchester three days after his Channel crossing in March after the MoS uncovered a stream of anti-Semitic vitriol he had posted online, which included his call for ‘death to all Jews’.
He was also pictured holding a Kalashnikov assault rifle and an artillery shell, and taking part in running battles with the Israel Defence Forces.
He was initially freed from prison in June under Labour’s early release scheme to ease overcrowding after serving just 40 per cent of his sentence.
The militant small boat migrant uploaded a video of himself crossing the Channel to the UK
Wadee, seen here posing with two assault rifles in front of a Palestine flag, posted on social media to celebrate his release from prison
But he was recalled within weeks for breaching his licence conditions. Sources confirmed he was released again earlier this month, having served his full sentence.
In one social media post on December 12, sporting long straggly hair and a bushy beard, Wadee wrote: ‘Today I got out of prison after nine months. Thanks to everyone who was asking.’
A number of friends and family members flocked to congratulate him on his release, and thanked God for his safety.
He has also since posted an old image of him posing with a friend – both sporting Palestine-flag bandanas.
He captioned the picture: ‘The biggest shock that I experienced while I was inside the prison was the news of the martyrdom of my friend, brother and companion.’
As recently as Friday, Wadee uploaded an old video of him saying goodbye to that same friend, before he travelled through Europe and on to the UK.
A translation of Wadee speaking to the man shows Wadee asked him to pray for his own safe passage out of Gaza.
Home Office sources insist Wadee is being monitored by an electronic tag and that he is not allowed to work or study.
However they admitted they could not detain him until they secure evidence that there is a ‘realistic prospect’ of removal. Wadee has already lodged an asylum application in the UK, having previously made similar bids in Greece, Belgium and Germany before crossing the Channel.
Alp Mehmet, chairman of Migration Watch, said that Wadee’s case proved the UK was ‘a soft touch’.
Wadee, seen wearing a Palestinian flag headband, chants his desire is to ‘die for Allah’
Wadee has already lodged an asylum application in the UK, having previously made similar bids in Greece, Belgium and Germany before crossing the Channel
‘Men like Abu Wadee should never be admitted let alone be permitted to stay on human rights grounds,’ Mr Mehmet said.
Although he fled Gaza before the October 7 massacres in 2023, Wadee appears to have been a prominent member of the so-called ‘tyre-burning unit’ – a militant group of Palestinian extremists who regularly hurled fire-bombs and rocks at Israeli forces manning the border with Gaza, before the outbreak of war.
In one sickening video last year, posted on his Facebook page, he is filmed calling for Allah to ‘punish (Jews) completely’ and ‘kill them one by one’.
In an interview in April 2018 Wadee told Hamas-affiliated newspaper Felesteen about terrorising Israel by sending flaming kites across the border.
He posed alongside seven masked men behind a table on which had been placed a high-explosive artillery shell covered in pictures of gunmen apparently killed in clashes with Israel.
Wadee had a huge following on social media, where his TikTok videos attracted up to 2.5million views. His account has since been deleted.
A spokesman for the Community Security Trust (CST), which advises Jews in the UK, said: ‘The release of Abu Wadee is likely to raise understandable concerns among the public, given the nature of his alleged support for a terrorist organisation and his anti-Semitic views.
‘There is a clear responsibility for the relevant authorities to ensure that this individual does not pose a threat to public safety, or to take appropriate action accordingly.’
A Home Office spokesman refused to confirm Wadee’s whereabouts, insisting the department would not comment on individual cases.
But in a statement, the Home Office said: ‘All foreign national offenders who receive a prison sentence in the UK are referred for deportation at the earliest opportunity.’
