German police have arrested a Lebanese national on suspicion of being a member of Hamas and planning attacks in Europe.
The man, named as Mohammad S, was stopped at Berlin's Brandenburg Airport after arriving from Beirut on Friday evening.
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.
He is due to be brought before a federal judge who will decide on a pretrial detention.
Hamas, which controlled Gaza but has been severely weakened by Israeli operations in the territory, is considered a terrorist organization by the US, UK, Israel, and many other countries.
The militant Palestinian group carried out attacks on Israel in October 2023, resulting in approximately 1,200 deaths and over 250 hostages taken.
Since then, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry has reported over 70,000 Palestinians killed in Israeli military actions.
German authorities link Mohammad S to Abed Al G, one of three alleged Hamas members arrested last October over planned attacks on Jewish and Israeli institutions.
The trio was reportedly arrested while meeting for a weapons handover in Berlin; two are German nationals, while another is from Lebanon.
In conjunction with these arrests, police searches were also conducted in the German cities of Leipzig and Oberhausen, according to Der Spiegel.
Additionally, in November, another suspected Hamas member, also a Lebanese national, was arrested near the Czech Republic border.
