Three alleged Hamas members arrested in Germany on suspicion of plotting attacks on Jewish sites

Published on 01/10/2025 - 19:15 GMT+2

Three alleged members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas have been arrested successful Germany connected suspicion of plotting attacks connected Jewish institutions successful nan country, officials said connected Wednesday.

The suspects are group to look successful tribunal Thursday and a judge will past find whether nan trio tin beryllium held successful custody up of trial.

Germany's national charismatic said they person been progressive successful procuring firearms since earlier this summer.

Various weapons, including an AK-47 rifle, and ammunition were recovered during a raid.

Two of nan suspects are German citizens. The national prosecutor's agency described nan 3rd arsenic being calved successful Lebanon.

They were named only arsenic Abed Al G., Wael F. M., and Ahmad I., successful statement pinch German privateness rules.

Hamas has carried retired hundreds of attacks against Israeli civilians complete nan years but has seldom operated extracurricular Israel and nan Palestinian territories.

Questions will apt beryllium raised complete whether nan suspects were acting connected orders from nan Hamas activity aliases if they were simply sympathisers pinch Hamas aliases nan Palestinian cause.

Police connected alert

Police successful galore European countries person been connected heightened alert since nan 7 October 2023 incursion.

Some forces person boosted information and patrols against imaginable attacks against Jewish aliases Israeli sites successful caller months amid a spike of antisemitic unit connected nan continent and beyond.

A study published successful May by nan Anti-Defamation League (ADL)’s J7 Task Force said convulsive antisemitic incidents had risen crossed 7 countries pinch nan largest Jewish communities extracurricular of Israel.

The study stated that attacks connected Jewish schools, synagogues and businesses, alongside individuals, person accrued significantly, successful immoderate cases much than doubling successful 2023 compared to nan erstwhile year.

The arrests took spot as Hamas said it would study US President Donald Trump’s 20-point bid proposal to extremity nan Israel-Hamas warfare successful Gaza.

A Hamas-led onslaught connected confederate Israel astir 2 years agone killed immoderate 1,200 group and 251 others were abducted.

Most of nan hostages person been freed nether erstwhile ceasefire deals, but 48 are still held successful Gaza pinch astir 20 believed by Israel to beryllium alive.

Israel's consequent subject run successful Gaza has killed much than 66,000 Palestinians and wounded astir 170,000 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

The ministry does not differentiate betwixt civilians and militants successful its toll, but has said women and children dress up astir half of nan dead.