Hamas's plans to carry out an attack in a Berlin park
A trial reveals Hamas's preparations to carry out an attack in Berlin's Tempelhofer Feld park.
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A report published by the Austrian outlet exxpress (23 April 2025) reveals how a trial in Berlin against four alleged Hamas members has exposed a terror plot with ramifications across several European countries. The Islamist organisation was planning objectives. such as the Ramstein military base, the Israeli embassy in Berlin and Tempelhofer Feld park. This case shows a change of strategy within Hamas: Europe is no longer just a place to take refuge or raise money. It is now an active target in its terrorist offensive.
Tempelhofer Feld is no ordinary place. A former airport converted into a leisure space and a symbol of openness., It welcomes hundreds of citizens and tourists every day.. That Hamas considered it a target shows the scope of its plans.«The fact that they targeted such a crowded park indicates that they were planning an attack intended to cause the maximum possible damage.«expert Hans-Jakob Schindler stated in the NZZ.".
Hidden weapons and an apparently normal life
The accused led a low-key life: one of them ran a restaurant in Kreuzberg, another drove a taxi. But behind this façade lay links to Islamist terrorism. According to the Attorney General, Ibrahim El-R., One of the accused set up a weapons depot in Bulgaria and subsequently is alleged to have brought a pistol into Germany from Denmark.. The investigation points to a network that was seeking to accumulate weapons across several countries.
The key discovery, however, was a USB stick containing data on possible attack targets: images, coordinates and notes on strategic sites, such as the Israeli embassy in Berlin, the Ramstein air base and Tempelhofer Feld, the city's largest urban park.
The ideological support: a global fatwa
The threat is not only operational but also ideological. In April 2025, the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), linked to the Muslim Brotherhood — the parent organisation of Hamas —, He issued a fatwa declaring that armed struggle against Israel is an «individual religious obligation» for all Muslims worldwide..
This message, according to experts such as Heiko Heinisch, constitutes a global religious justification for violence and a direct threat to European security: «This discourse represents an open call for the attack.» With growing pressure in Gaza following the October 2023 attacks, The Islamist militia seeks symbolic and effective reprisals. According to Schindler, «Germany, as Israel's second-largest arms supplier, is a logical target for Hamas.«.
Violence, networks and radicalisation in Germany
All of this is also reflected on the street. In Berlin-Neukölln, On 7 October 2023, while Israel was still collecting the victims of its worst attack in decades, Hamas sympathisers were handing out baklava to celebrate the action.. Anti-Israeli demonstrations have become commonplace, with slogans such as «Intifada Revolution» and physical attacks on counter-demonstrators.
The emergence of a park like Tempelhofer Feld among Hamas's targets marks a before and an after. Spaces that symbolise everyday life, coexistence and freedom are now in the crosshairs of a terrorist organisation with a new global strategy. Europe is no longer a distant spectator: it is an active theatre of conflict..
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