UK: “I want to massacre as many Jews as possible…and if I kill some Christians too, it would be a bonus.”

REVEALED: ISIS (Islamic State)-inspired terrorist’s homicidal messages and voice notes to undercover operative as he plotted to slaughter Jews in what would have been the UK’s ‘worst-ever terror attack.’

Daily Mail In his own chilling words, would-be terror mastermind Walid Saadaoui boasted of his twisted desire to massacre British Jews, saying he wanted to ‘run rivers of their impure blood’ – with any murdered Christians ‘a bonus’.

The Tunisian-born former hotel entertainer, who was allowed to live in this country after marrying a British holidaymaker, said a knife would not be enough to satisfy his lust for what he saw as ‘revenge’ for Israel‘s military operations in Gaza. Telling a fellow extremist known as Farouk that ‘only the automatic gun’ would be capable of inflicting the slaughter he was planning, Saadaoui said: ‘I want to kill as many as possible.

The two Muslim terrorists in the UK were not subtle about their motives. Walid Saadaoui, a Tunisian, and Amar Hussein, an Iraqi, had big plans.

Thankfully, the plot – which he hatched with fellow migrant and Islamic State supporter Amar Hussein, who claimed to be a former Iraqi soldier – had been infiltrated by police.

Farouk – who Saadaoui believed was sourcing a stash of firearms and over 900 rounds of ammunition – was in reality an undercover operative. In May last year, Saadaoui drove to the car park of a Lancashire spa hotel for the prearranged handover of the weapons.

Days earlier he and Hussein had scouted out potential targets in North Manchester’s Jewish community, Britain’s largest outside London – including nurseries, schools, restaurants, coffee shops and synagogues.

Seconds later armed officers who had been lying in wait pounced, arresting Saadaoui before he could get his hands on the haul, all of which had been safely deactivated.

The planned massacre – which police say could have been Britain’s ‘worst ever’ terrorist atrocity had it not been foiled – was a chilling echo of the Bondi Beach attack in which 15 innocent people were killed. Jewish community leaders said it was another stark reminder of the lethal consequences of rising anti-Israeli rhetoric.

Now 38, Saadaoui ‘hero-worshipped’ Abdelhamid Abaaoud, mastermind of the Paris attacks. His brother Bilel is understood to have gone to school with Seifeddine Rezgui, who gunned down 30 British tourists on a beach in Sousse in 2015.

Walid Saadaoui moved to Clacton-on-Sea, Essex on a spousal visa in 2012 after marrying a British holidaymaker called Jane. After working at a holiday park, in 2018 the couple bought the Albatross Restaurant in Great Yarmouth for £25,000. But they later split, selling their house for £169,000 – later using his share to fund his terror plot.

After moving to Wigan and marrying a second British woman, Saadaoui became obsessed with replicating the Paris 2015 atrocity in which over 130 people were killed. He began plotting with Hussein, who claimed to be a former Iraqi soldier and came to Britain in 2007, setting up an electrical appliance business in Bolton.

He came under suspicion in the wake of the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023 due to his hate-filled social media posts.

Told that contacts in Morocco could supply Kalashnikov assault rifles, Saadaoui demanded 1,200 rounds and four automatic weapons, saying one firearm was ‘not enough for us’.

He used one of his Facebook accounts to join a Jewish community page in order to stalk his targets online and work out when they might be holding gatherings.

He also began to ‘get his affairs in order’ ahead of possible ‘martyrdom’ as the plot developed, police said – making a will, and paying for his wife to have driving lessons. Meanwhile he withdrew £90,000 from the sale of his business and property, keeping cash in safes, and attended an air rifle range.

In March last year Saadaoui and Hussein drove to Dover to look at the ‘security set-up’, posing as tourists. The following day Farouk joined the plotters for ‘hostile reconnaissance around North Manchester’ – Saadaoui told him the area was ‘full of Jews’.

Searches after their arrest uncovered two safes at Saadaoui’s home, one containing £15,000 cash and a copy of his will. A second, concreted into the ground, contained £77,000 cash.

Terrorism is our religion. Koran say terrorism is normal. ‘We are proud, we say terrorism is proud.’

Walid Saadaoui and Hussein were convicted of preparing acts of terrorism between December 2023 and May 2024. Saadaoui’s brother Bilel, 35, was found guilty of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism. All three will be sentenced in February.

Community Security Trust chief executive Mark Gardner warned that since the October 7 attacks, sections of society had ‘turned against Jews’. Comparing violent Islamic extremists to the Nazis, he said ‘they don’t stop to ask these Jews what their opinion is of Israel… they want to kill Jews, end of story’.

The Campaign Against Antisemitism said the plot was ‘a reminder that what happened on Bondi Breach could just as easily have happened here in Britain’.