Overview

• Prosecutors say the men sought weapons since at least the summer of 2025 for assassinations targeting Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany.
• Police seized an AK-47, several pistols, and a considerable amount of ammunition during the operation in Berlin.
• The suspects were identified under German privacy rules as Abed Al G., Wael F. M., and Ahmad I., with two holding German citizenship and one born in Lebanon.
• Der Spiegel reports investigators observed a weapons handover in Berlin before intervening, with additional searches carried out in Leipzig and Oberhausen.
• The men face counts of membership in a foreign terrorist organization plus preparing a serious act of violence, extending a series of German and European cases pursued since late 2023.