Four alleged Hamas members suspected of plotting terror attacks on European soil have been arrested by German and Dutch authorities,\u00a0Germany\u2019s federal prosecutor said in a statement on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Three people were arrested in\u00a0Germany\u00a0and one in the Netherlands on suspicion of planning attacks on Jewish institutions in Europe, the prosecutor said. <\/p>\n
Hamas is classified by the United States, the European Union and other nations as a terrorist organization. <\/p>\n
Of the three arrested in Germany, two were Lebanese nationals and one was an Egyptian national, said the prosecutor. The person arrested in the Netherlands was described as a Dutch national. <\/p>\n
Reacting to news of the arrests, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser thanked the German and Dutch police authorities, stating that it \u201cshows that our security authorities are extremely vigilant and act consistently.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cThe protection of Jews is our top priority. We use all constitutional means against those who threaten the lives of Jews and the existence of the state of Israel,\u201d Faeser said. <\/p>\n
The German Justice Minister, Marco Buschmann, also thanked authorities for the \u201csuccessful investigation,\u201d which has \u201ccontributed to ensuring that Jews in Europe can continue to live in safety and peace.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing the terrible attacks by Hamas on the Israeli population, attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions have also increased in our country in recent weeks. This is shameful and shocking. We must therefore do everything we can to ensure that Jews in our country do not have to fear for their safety again. And our security and law enforcement authorities are working flat out to achieve this,\u201d Buschmann stated. <\/p>\n
The incident comes after the European Commissioner for Home Affairs warned the war between Israel and Hamas has increased polarization within European society. <\/p>\n
Ylva Johansson told journalists that the divide is creating a \u201chuge risk\u201d of terror attacks in the EU during this holiday season. <\/p>\n
To combat the risk, Johansson announced she is allocating 32 million dollars to protect public spaces such as places of worship during the holiday season. <\/p>\n
The news came as Denmark and the Netherlands arrested four other people suspected of terrorism offenses. <\/p>\n
Speaking in Brussels to Danish broadcaster TV 2, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen described the incident as \u201cabout as serious as it can be.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cThere are people who live in Denmark who do not wish us well. Who are against Danish society and everything we believe in. Happiness. Democracy. Freedom. Equality,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
This is a developing news story. More to come<\/em> <\/p>\n\n Four alleged Hamas members suspected of plotting terror attacks on European soil have been arrested by German and Dutch authorities,\u00a0Germany\u2019s federal prosecutor said in a statement on Thursday. Three people were arrested in\u00a0Germany\u00a0and one in the Netherlands on suspicion of planning attacks on Jewish institutions in Europe, the prosecutor said. Hamas is classified by the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}