German police have arrested three men suspected of planning a major violent attack on Jewish targets in Germany on behalf of Hamas, prosecutors said on Wednesday — just a week before the second anniversary of the militant Islamist group’s assault on Israel.

Prosecutors suspect the three men of being foreign operatives for Hamas and of being involved in procuring firearms and ammunition to be used for assassinations targeting Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany, they said.

Assault Rifles, Pistols, Ammunition Found

“In the course of today’s arrests, various weapons, including an AK-47 assault rifle and several pistols, as well as a considerable amount of ammunition, were found,” the federal prosecutors said in a statement.

The three, identified in line with German privacy laws o

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