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Germany Arrests Three Hamas Suspects Accused of Plotting Attacks on Jewish Targets

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German police have detained three suspected Hamas terrorists accused of planning attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets in Germany. 

Officers carried out the arrests during an operation in Berlin on Wednesday that disrupted a planned weapons exchange.

Germany’s Federal Prosecutor General identified the suspects as Abed Al G., 36, a German citizen of Lebanese descent; Wael F. M., 43, born in Lebanon; and Ahmad I., 44, a German national originally from Syria. Each man now faces charges of belonging to a foreign terrorist organization and preparing acts of violence endangering the state.

According to investigators, Hamas leaders instructed the suspects to secure firearms and ammunition for attacks inside Germany. The group planned to target Jewish and Israeli civilians. Hamas remains designated as a terrorist organization by the European Union, United States, and Israel.

Weapons Seized During Nationwide Raids

Police recovered an AK-47 assault rifle, several pistols, and large quantities of ammunition during coordinated raids in Berlin, Leipzig, and Oberhausen. Authorities say the weapons were intended to support future terror operations.

Prosecutors described the men as foreign members of Hamas who had been active since at least the summer. Their immediate objective was to build a weapons cache in preparation for attacks. Officers from the Federal Criminal Police Office led the operation and detained the suspects.

The three men will appear before the Federal Court of Justice, where judges will decide whether to issue formal arrest warrants and order pre-trial detention.

The Normalization of Antisemitism in Europe

Antisemitism has become increasingly normalized in mainstream discourse and public life since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel. Across Europe, open hostility toward Jews has surged to levels unseen since the Holocaust. What once hid behind coded language now erupts on city streets, in classrooms, and across digital platforms, often under the guise of “anti-Zionism.”

German officials acknowledge that the threat is no longer hypothetical; it is persistent, organized, and ideological. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has vowed to defend Jewish life in Germany “with all available means,” yet authorities continue to confront a reality in which hatred of Jews has been repackaged as political activism.

The October 7th massacre — marked by mass murder, torture, rape, and kidnapping — unleashed a global torrent of justification for terror. Extremist networks, influencers, and protest movements now echo Hamas’s rhetoric, seeking to make antisemitism acceptable again.

The arrests reveal the reach of Hamas’s network and the global danger it poses. By plotting attacks against Jews in Germany, Hamas and its supporters demonstrate that their war is not only against Israel but against Jewish existence everywhere.

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