Following the recent murder of a police officer, Mannheim has become a symbol of a hard line against deporting those denied asylum and who commit violent crimes.
The target, Muhammad Deif, was one of the masterminds of the October 7 attacks and has been the target of repeated assassination attempts by Israel for decades.
Equipped with long-range missiles, Kiev is seeking to weaken Russian capabilities on the peninsula, targeting airfields, air defenses and logistics centers.
Hamas overwhelmed Israel’s border in October in something resembling a conventional military maneuver. It now operates as a guerrilla force, its fighters often disguised as civilians.
This week, the alliance summit in Washington was overshadowed by the US presidential election, adding a further layer of unpredictability to the war and the bloc’s future.