Recent global developments have once again drawn attention to the dangerous undercurrents in international extremist networks. A report echoed recently by officials from Israel warns that Hamas is increasingly deepening operational ties with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the Pakistan-based militant group designated as a terrorist organisation by many countries, including India. Given the volatile regional dynamics, this warning deserves careful consideration. For both India’s internal security and the broader cause of peace in West Asia, any unchecked proliferation of transnational jihadist links must be prevented.

According to the report, Israel has formally urged India to “sanction and designate organisations such as Hamas as terrorist groups," pointing to “increasing links between Hamas and Pakistan-based LeT and Iran-backed networks." There have been recent intelligence inputs linking the two organisations in concrete acts: in 2025, the massacre of tourists in Pahalgam, widely condemned in India, has been linked by investigators to a wider “global jihad network," allegedly involving Hamas training camps in Rawalakot (PoK) run in conjunction with LeT and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) cadres. Taken together, these developments paint a worrying picture: a transnational terror ecosystem that is no longer confined to one region, but seeks to merge multiple struggles in Kashmir, in Gaza, and beyond under a single extremist........

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