Hamza is no stranger to prison, as he was sentenced in absentia to 12 years behind bars in his native country of Tunisia, and served a seven-year sentence in 2000 after being apprehended for the murder of a fellow al-Mujahideen combatant.
Hamzi zatvor nije stran, s obzirom da je u odsustvu osuđen na 12 godina zatvora u rodnom Tunisu, a 2000. je odslužio sedmogodišnju kaznu zbog ubojstva drugog mudžahedinskog borca.