The trial of a 35-year-old man, accused by the federal prosecutor’s office of supporting the Shiite militia’s drone program, began on Tuesday (09:15) before the Celle Regional Superior Court. Hezbollah accused in Lebanon. Starting in 2022, the man is said to have purchased around 1.4 million euros worth of components and materials for drones from Spain and later from Germany on behalf of the militia.
A drone is said to have exploded at a nursing home near Tel Aviv
According to authorities, delivery and payment must be made through front companies and confidential transportation channels Lebanon has been organized. According to the indictment, some of the equipment was used in explosive drones that Hezbollah used to attack Israeli targets. A drone is said to have exploded at a nursing home in the coastal city of Herzliya near Tel Aviv in October 2024. So no one was injured.
That Federal Prosecutor’s Office considered the incidents in his indictment to be accessories to attempted murder. The man was also accused of being a member of a foreign terrorist organization and violating European Union embargo regulations.
The defendant was arrested in Salzgitter last year
So far, the negotiation date is scheduled until August next year. The defendant was arrested in Salzgitter in the summer of 2024 and has been in custody since then. He is presumed innocent.
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