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German police have arrested a Lebanese national on suspicion of being a member of Hamas and planning attacks in Europe.<\/p>\n
The man, named as “Mohammad S”, was stopped at Berlin’s Brandenburg Airport after arriving from Beirut on Friday evening.<\/p>\n
Federal prosecutors said that in August 2025 he helped procure 300 rounds of ammunition and was involved in an alleged plot to attack Jewish and Israeli institutions.<\/p>\n
He is due to be brought before a federal judge who will decide on a pretrial detention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Hamas, which controlled Gaza but has been severely weakened by Israeli operations in the territory, is considered a terrorist organisation by the US, UK, Israel and many other countries.<\/p>\n
The militant Palestinian group carried out the attacks on Israel in October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 people taken hostage.<\/p>\n
Since then, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, more than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military action.<\/p>\n
German authorities say “Mohammad S” colluded with “Abed Al G”, one of three alleged Hamas members arrested last October<\/a> over planned attacks on Jewish and Israeli institutions.<\/p>\n The three were reportedly arrested while meeting for a weapons handover in Berlin. Two of them are Germany nationals, another is from Lebanon.<\/p>\n Around the time of the arrests, police searches also took place in the German cities of Leipzig and Oberhausen, Der Spiegel reported.<\/p>\n Separately, in November, German authorities arrested another suspected member of Hamas – also a Lebanese national – near the border with the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n