German police have arrested a Lebanese nationwide on suspicion of being a member of Hamas and planning assaults in Europe.
The person, named as “Mohammad S”, was stopped at Berlin’s Brandenburg Airport after arriving from Beirut on Friday night.
Federal prosecutors mentioned that in August 2025 he helped procure 300 rounds of ammunition and was concerned in an alleged plot to assault Jewish and Israeli establishments.
He is because of be introduced earlier than a federal decide who will resolve on a pretrial detention.
Hamas, which managed Gaza however has been severely weakened by Israeli operations within the territory, is taken into account a terrorist organisation by the US, UK, Israel and plenty of different nations.
The militant Palestinian group carried out the assaults on Israel in October 2023, during which about 1,200 folks have been killed and greater than 250 folks taken hostage.
Since then, in keeping with Gaza’s Hamas-run well being ministry, greater than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli army motion.
German authorities say “Mohammad S” colluded with “Abed Al G”, certainly one of three alleged Hamas members arrested final October over deliberate assaults on Jewish and Israeli establishments.
The three have been reportedly arrested whereas assembly for a weapons handover in Berlin. Two of them are Germany nationals, one other is from Lebanon.
Across the time of the arrests, police searches additionally came about within the German cities of Leipzig and Oberhausen, Der Spiegel reported.
Individually, in November, German authorities arrested one other suspected member of Hamas – additionally a Lebanese nationwide – close to the border with the Czech Republic.
