Overview

• Federal prosecutors and the BKA detained Abed Al G., Wael F. M. and Ahmad I. in Berlin on suspicion of procuring firearms for attacks on Israeli or Jewish sites in Germany.
• Authorities say the men acted as Hamas “Auslandsoperateure” and began sourcing weapons from Germany no later than the summer of 2025.
• Investigators recovered an AK‑47, multiple pistols and substantial ammunition during the operation, which multiple outlets report occurred at a planned weapons handover.
• Two of the suspects are German citizens and one was born in Lebanon, and they face allegations of membership in a foreign terrorist organization and preparation of a serious state‑endangering violent act.
• Searches were reported in Leipzig and Oberhausen, and the suspects are to be presented to an investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice for potential pretrial detention, in a case linked to ongoing Hamas-related probes in Europe.