Germany charges Hamas gun plot suspects
Germany's federal prosecutor has filed charges against seven suspected members of Hamas who are accused of procuring weapons for attacks. The alleged targets were Israeli or Jewish sites in Germany or Austria, and the group plotted to carry out the plan on the second anniversary of the massacre on October 7 , 2023. Police broke up the plot before the group could mobilise to carry out the attacks.…
Federal prosecutors in Germany have filed charges against seven individuals suspected of being members of Hamas, accusing them of attempting to procure weapons for attacks on Israeli and Jewish sites in Germany and Austria. The alleged plot was timed for October 7, the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023 massacre. Police disrupted the plan before the group could carry out the attacks. Investigators believe the intended targets included Israeli diplomats, Jewish community centers, and pro-Israel commemorations.
One suspect reportedly recorded a video in Vienna on August 7, 2025, while holding a Hamas flag, announcing revenge on behalf of the Ezzedine Al Qassam Brigades. Prosecutors stated that the men acted on orders from senior Hamas figures and seized a fully automatic rifle and 13 pistols during their investigation. The indictment, reported in Die Welt newspaper, claims Hamas views Europe as a safe haven and an active operational area, controlled via an operational cell in Turkey.
A raid by German special forces on October 1, 2025, uncovered the weapons cache in a Berlin backyard, including over 600 rounds of ammunition. Among those arrested were Ahmad I and Wael M, a Lebanese national. Another member, Mohammad S, was already an informant for Germany's domestic security agency at the time of his arrest. Four men previously convicted in 2023 for storing weapons for potential attacks on behalf of Hamas received jail sentences in March 2025.
High-ranking Hamas officials assigned specific tasks to procure weapons and ammunition in Germany, including Abed Al G., Yousif C., Borhan El-K., Wael FM, and Ahmad I. Another suspect, Mohammed A, was arrested in the UK and is being prosecuted separately. German investigators reconstructed two smuggling routes through which the group transported weapons of war from Denmark and Hesse to Berlin and Vienna.
A courier carrying pistols in his luggage stayed near the city's New Synagogue, while one man attempted to dispose of some weapons in the River Spree, but they were recovered from the mud banks.
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