Germany Faces Two Concurrent Foreign-Directed Threats: Hamas Arms Caches and Russian Targeting of Defense Figures

Germany is confronting two distinct foreign-directed threats on its soil. Hamas maintained buried weapons caches in Germany for attacks on Israeli and Jewish institutions; three suspects were arrested in Berlin and later charged. Separately, Russian intelligence allegedly planned to assassinate Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger, and a Ukrainian man was convicted on August 18, 2026, for a linked parcel bomb plot.