Police reapply for tough crime orders on Hamzy and Alameddine families

After his brother was slain last year and his cousin was gunned down this week, police have warned Ibrahem Hamze that he is one of the last targets ­remaining in the bloody war between the Hamzy and Alameddine clans.

Police will reapply for some of the toughest crime orders on members of the Hamzy and Alameddine families in light of the gang war exploding again this week with the slaying of Ghassan Amoun.

Perpetual target and one of the last in the Hamzy clan still standing, Ibrahem Hamze, is understood to have been approached by police who are returning to the Supreme Court for the serious crime prevention orders in the coming months.

Members of the Hamzy clan (clockwise from top right): Mejid Hamzy (dead), Ibrahem Hamze, Bassam Hamzy (in jail) Salim Hamze (dead) and Bilal Hamze (dead).

Hamze has been repeatedly warned by police that he is one of the last targets ­remaining in the war, with authorities concerned for his safety ever since his brother Bilal was gunned down after a late-night dinner in the CBD last year.

The Sunday Telegraph has been told approaches have been made by police to members of both families ­regarding the orders in a bid to stop the bloodshed.

The orders put in place in 2020 granted police some of the broadest powers in NSW legislation to control the movements of the Hamze and Alameddine ­networks.

At the time, it was suggested they offered some form of protection to the wider public and the families, with rivals essentially locked down to their homes, but some have since expired.

Others within the rival clans believed it made them “sitting ducks” for a hit.

Ibrahem Hamze leaving Downing Centre Court in July. Picture: Christian Gilles

Ghassan Amoun was shot in a daylight attack. Picture: Christian Gilles

One source said it came “too late” for slain gangster Amoun, the brother to ­notorious Supermax inmate Bassam Hamzy, who was gunned down outside a beauty ­parlour this week.

Police are expected to bring some members of the families before the Supreme Court in the coming months to seek the orders again, and are currently reviewing whether to extend the orders on other players in the feud.

Ibrahem Hamze has been the subject of multiple att­empts on his life, including one in early 2021 that his legal team used to justify a wide-ranging suppression order to prevent his address, model of car and even his date of birth from being published.

Hamze has only a minor criminal history, and is believed to be a target because of his name and relationship with brother Bilal.

The incident that sparked those concerns from his lawyers last year is believed to be a shooting at a Hamzy family property. Police consented to the order at the time, given they too had their own concerns for Hamze.

The most notable attempt on Hamze’s life was thwarted in August last year when police unwittingly foiled an alleged plot to kill him in North Sydney.

Samuel John Rokomaqisa, 31, has since been charged as allegedly being one of the balaclava-clad men driving a stolen Mercedes spotted by police, who allege it was en route to murder Hamze.

On Friday, a gravesite was being dug for Amoun at Rookwood Cemetery. The plot was just metres from the burial site of his relative, Salim Hamze, 18, who was murdered last October.

However, Amoun will not be buried until his body is released by the NSW Coroner.

A date for the funeral is yet to be set.

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