Passports owners never travelled to Middle East

NONE of the six people whose passports were used by the suspects involved in the assassination of a senior Hamas commander last month have ever travelled to the Middle East.

The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed it has made contact with all six people whose passports were used by the suspects in the killing. It also confirmed none of them had ever travelled to the Middle East.

Despite the security breach, the department said it had no security concerns around pre-2005 passports and there was no need to recall those still in circulation in light of the incident.