Berlin — German authorities have detained three suspected members of Hamas on charges of planning terror attacks in the European nation. The three men were detained Wednesday in Berlin during a police operation targeting a weapons handover, according to information from security sources obtained by the Der Spiegel newspaper.

Germany's Federal Prosecutor General confirmed the provisional arrest of three suspects identified as Abed Al G., a 36-year-old German citizen of Lebanese descent; Wael F. M., a 43-year-old man born in Lebanon whose nationality is unclear; and Ahmad I., a 44-year-old German national originally from Syria.

All three men are accused of being members of Hamas, which has long been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the European Union as well as the U

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