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Source: https://ctc.westpoint.edu/hamas-plots-in-europe-a-shift-toward-external-operations/
Hamas Plots in Europe
(Combating Terrorism Center-West Point) Matthew Levitt - Hamas has come close to carrying out attacks abroad several times, but these were either thwarted or aborted before execution. Recent criminal cases in Germany and Denmark reveal that Hamas set in motion contingency planning for possible attacks in Europe several years before the Oct. 7 massacre, including stashing small arms in weapons caches in multiple European countries. Following Oct. 7, leaders of Hamas's Qassam Brigades based in Lebanon sent operatives to find these weapons, while others in Denmark were tasked to work with a European organized crime group to procure drones and plot attacks in Denmark or Sweden.