Court rejects fourth release bid in Hamas terrorism case

The Permanent Criminal Court on Friday rejected a fourth attempt by a 54-year-old man accused of conspiring in 2026 to support Hamas to be released on conditions, ordering that he remain in custody.

The man, a Palestinian with Cypriot citizenship who has lived in Cyprus for four decades, is one of five defendants in the case. He is alleged to have received packages containing dangerous substances believed to have been intended for making explosives. Four of his children serve in the Republic’s...