Israeli intelligence service Mossad participated in the arrest of a Hamas-linked group in Germany planning attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets
The operation took place on Wednesday and was announced on Friday.
The Mossad worked alongside German security and intelligence forces to thwart the group’s plans.
According to German authorities, three men were arrested in Berlin on suspicion of planning a violent attack.
They are accused of purchasing weapons, including an AK-47 rifle, pistols, and a large amount of ammunition, since the summer of this year to attack Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany.
The suspects were identified only as Abed Al G.
(a German citizen), Wael F.
M.
(born in Lebanon), and Ahmad I.
(a German citizen), in accordance with German privacy laws.
Police had been monitoring the suspects for some time and acted during a weapons delivery in Berlin, finding the AK-47 rifle, a Glock pistol, and a large quantity of ammunition.
The Mossad reported that the operation involved several countries and was part of a larger effort in Europe to find weapons caches and arrest other terrorist suspects.
Hamas, the group that controls Gaza and is supported by Iran, is considered a terrorist organization by the European Union, the United States, and other countries.
Hamas has denied any connection to the three suspects, saying the accusations are false and that its fight is limited to combating the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
In February, four Hamas members had already been tried in Berlin for planning attacks against Jewish institutions in Europe, the first such case in Germany.
Since the Hamas attack on October 7, police in several European countries have increased security at Jewish and Israeli sites, especially after an increase in anti-Semitic acts.
The Mossad announcement came after a terrorist attack in Manchester, England, where a gunman attacked a synagogue on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, killing two people and seriously injuring others.
Germany, a strong ally of Israel, maintains heightened security at synagogues and other Jewish sites, particularly given its Holocaust history.
It recently opted not to recognize a Palestinian state, unlike nations like France and the United Kingdom, a decision Israel and the Trump administration criticized as a payback for the October 7 Hamas attack that sparked the Gaza war.
Published in 10/04/2025 07h56
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