The Palestinian small-boat migrant who called for the deaths of all Jews has been driven away from his taxpayer-funded asylum home amid an outcry over his ongoing presence in Britain.
Abu Wadee, 34, was jailed last year after he was exposed by The Mail on Sunday as arriving in the UK on a small boat in March 2025.
Months before, he posted a video online calling for Allah to ‘kill (Jews) one by one… don’t leave a single one’.
In Gaza, he had been a member of the ‘tyre-burning unit’, a Hamas-affiliated militant outfit that threw fire bombs and rocks at Israeli border forces.
Following his release from prison in December, Wadee was housed in an HMO property in Corby, Northamptonshire alongside three other migrants under the Home Office’s asylum dispersal scheme.
He was traced to the house earlier this week, claiming he no longer supported Hamas, had Jewish friends and wanted to stay in the UK.
But earlier today, the militant was driven away from the house in a taxi under the watchful gaze of two Northamptonshire Police officers – and a man who identified himself as a housing officer and had been seen loading belongings into the car.
It is understood that Home Office officials are seeking to remove him from the country.
A man understood to be Wadee emerged from a side door shortly after 12pm, wearing a hooded jacket, sunglasses and a baseball cap that obscured his face.
A man believed to be Palestinian small-boat migrant Abu Wadee is seen leaving an asylum HMO in Corby earlier today – an ankle tag visible beneath his trousers
Wadee – seen speaking on his doorstep earlier this week – says he no longer supports Hamas
A man who identified himself as a housing officer was seen loading bags of possessions into the taxi before it left with Wadee inside
He also carried a red umbrella, his ankle tag clearly visible beneath his three-quarter length trousers, and ducked below the window to avoid watching members of the press as the taxi pulled away.
The police left shortly afterwards, leaving the housing officer inside.
Locals today expressed their shock at living close to Wadee. One, a Ukrainian, said: ‘It’s shocking to hear that somebody who allegedly supported Hamas was living here. Russia and Hamas are very close. I’m just glad he has gone.’
Another said: ‘I never thought they would allow someone like this to live here.
‘I don’t know whether or not he has changed or what his situation is now but they should have looked into his background before he was allowed to live in a neighbourhood like this with families.
‘My son is just at the point where I’m allowing him to go to the shops on his own. If the guy still has those kind of views I wouldn’t want my son or other children to be influenced.’
Wadee was found in Corby after posting videos of himself on TikTok riding around its town centre on a bicycle, and encouraging teenagers to shout ‘Free Palestine’ on camera. They are not thought to have known of his real identity.
He was then tracked down by the Northamptonshire Telegraph, telling the paper’s Kate Cronin that he no longer supported Hamas and had Jewish friends.
He claimed his support for Hamas had been given under duress, adding that it was ‘eight years ago’.
Asked if he still supported the group, he told a reporter: ‘No, no, no. I love England, I love Corby.
‘Everyone knows that Hamas is a terrorist organisation that would kill us if we didn’t speak against the Jews while living there.’
Wadee’s TikTok account, which had about 20,000 followers, had been deleted as of Wednesday afternoon.
His presence in Corby as a convicted criminal and illegal entrant to the UK has led to calls for his immediate deportation.
Wadee arrived in the UK on a small boat in March last year, but was identified by the Mail on Sunday as a former member of a group that terrorised Israel
He admitted he was once part of the ‘tyre-burning unit’, which hurled fire-bombs and rocks at Israeli forces manning the borders of Gaza (pictured at the border in 2018)
Wadee posing with two AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles in front of a Palestine flag and a poster depicting Rouzan al-Najjar, a medic killed in Gaza in 2018
But in newly unearthed videos reviewed by the Daily Mail, Wadee claims that his human rights are being infringed by British authorities, saying no lawyer will help him to stay in the UK.
In one clip, showing off what appeared to be an ankle tag, he said: ‘I have not committed any crime or done anything wrong in Britain. They are punishing me.
‘I didn’t come to cause trouble, and I haven’t caused any trouble. Unfortunately, I can’t find anyone to defend my rights.
‘I can’t find lawyers or Palestinian or Arab embassies willing to stand with me here.’
The video did not include mention of his 2024 video in which he called for the deaths of Jews.
However, he admitted that he had been pictured posing with Kalashnikov assault rifles in Gaza.
‘My only issue is that I entered illegally, like many refugees around the world do when seeking asylum,’ he said.
The contents of the video, which was filmed in Arabic, were reviewed and confirmed for the Daily Mail by the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
A spokesman said today: ‘If Abu Wadei is being deported, then it’s not before time. The authorities have been far too slow to take action and have allowed Mr Wadei to make a mockery of our laws.
‘He should have been deported the moment he was convicted of immigration offences. In fact, when we wrote to the CPS calling for Abu Wadei to be charged with terrorism offences while he was still in custody, they refused.
‘Abu Wadei entered our country from Gaza illegally and unvetted, and was only prosecuted after we identified him when the authorities failed to do so.
‘With the Home Secretary’s recent announcement that she will make it easier for other Gazans to settle in the UK with no strings attached, British Jews will rightly fear that more individuals like Abu Wadei may be allowed to roam free in our country.’
He has since shared clips of what appears to be an ankle tag on his social media, claiming in the videos that his human rights are being infringed
Wadee poses with an AR-15 style assault rifle in a photograph posted on social media in 2021
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said it was a ‘joke’ that Wadee continued to enjoy a taxpayer-funded home, and called for him to be sent back to Hamas-controlled territory.
And Labour MP for Corby Lee Barron said he was contacting Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to seek Wadee’s ‘immediate deportation’.
A Government spokeswoman told the Daily Mail last night: ‘Any foreign national who receives a prison sentence in the UK is referred for deportation at the earliest opportunity and will be barred from ever returning.
‘Over 11,000 foreign criminals including murderers and rapists have been returned or deported in the two years since the last election – a 41 per cent increase on the two years prior.’
Northamptonshire Police and the Home Office were contacted for further comment.