Arrests in Denmark, Holland and Germany. The German prosecutor's office: "They were linked to Hamas"
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser: "We have the Islamist scene in our sights"
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"Potential terrorist attacks against Jewish institutions in Europe" they were foiled, according to the German prosecutor's office, in operations that were carried out today in Germany, Denmark and Holland and led to the arrest of 7 alleged members of Hamas.. The first to announce the arrests was Denmark, which initially spoke of three prisoners with links to organized crime. But a few hours later the confirmation arrived, also from the Mossad, that those arrested had links to Hamas, and that the operation involved other European countries . The main investigation seems to start from Germany, where today the prosecutor announced the arrest of four suspects, identified as the Lebanese Abdelhamid al A. and Ibrahim el R., the Egyptian Mohamed B. and the Dutch Nazih R., who was arrested by the Dutch police in Rotterdam. The four are accused of belonging to "a foreign terrorist organisation", in particular Hamas, which is considered such by the EU. According to German investigators, the four arrested took part in Hamas operations abroad and had "tightening" relations with its armed wing, the Ezzeldin al Qassam Brigades

"The arrest of four alleged members of the terrorist organization Hamas demonstrates that our security authorities are extremely be vigilant and act accordingly. We have the Islamist scene in our sights." German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wrote this in X after the arrest of the four suspected Hamas members, three in Berlin and one in Rotterdam, who apparently planned an attack on Jewish institutions in Germany.. ", wrote Faeser again. "I would like to thank the Federal Criminal Police Office and our other security agencies involved in today's operation under the direction of the Federal Attorney General. I would like to thank the Dutch police for their close cooperation", added the German minister. "The protection of Jews is our highest priority. We adopt all legal means against those who threaten the lives of Jews and the existence of the State of Israel"

The office of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was the first to confirm that there were seven arrested in Europe who they were acting "in the name of Hamas". And he raised the alarm that the terrorist organization intends to expand its operations around the world to "attack Israeli targets" , Jews, Westerners at any price", especially after the attacks of last October 7. For this reason, the Israeli prime minister's office recalled that Hamas represents a threat to the security of all European countries and offered the help of the intelligence services. to foil future conspiracies, as would have happened with the anti-terrorism operations conducted today in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.