Overview

• Federal prosecutors say the detainees were acquiring firearms for planned lethal attacks on Israeli or Jewish establishments in Germany.
• Authorities had monitored the suspects for months after the arrival of a person known to intelligence services with contacts to Hamas.
• The men were identified as Abed Al G. and Ahmad I., both described as German citizens, and Wael F. M., described as born in Lebanon with his precise nationality still unverified.
• Hamas issued a statement denying any connection to the detainees and called the allegations unfounded.
• Searches extended beyond Berlin, with officials reporting investigative activity in Leipzig and Oberhausen as forensic teams examine the seized weapons.