Iranian Terror Attack Against Chabad of Cyprus Thwarted
Media outlets in Cyprus reported on Sunday morning that an Iranian terror attack on the island against Israeli or Jewish targets including the Chabad House has been thwarted • Full Story
Via The Yeshivah World and YNET
Media outlets in Cyprus reported on Sunday morning that an Iranian terror attack on the island against Israeli or Jewish targets has been thwarted.
According to the reports, the information about the attack was conveyed to Cypriot intelligence services by Israeli and US intelligence services.
From there, they dispatched operatives to Greek Cyprus, where they reportedly surveilled Israeli targets in Limassol, including the Chabad House, Israeli businessmen and tourists.
The Cypriot intelligence services have been closely following the squad of Iranian operatives, who were working for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, over the past months.
Although the attack was successfully thwarted, the main suspect managed to escape. Cyprus is planning on issuing an international arrest warrant.
The thwarted attack is the second time Cyrpus stopped an attempt by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to harm Israelis or Jews on the island in less than two years, with the first attempt to murder five Israelis taking place in 2021.
The cell was linked to a prior group of Pakistani operatives active in Greece, who had plotted an attack on a Chabad House in Athens. The Iranian modus operandi mirrored this pattern: Tehran employs foreign mercenaries to ensure plausible deniability in case of capture, enabling them to disavow any involvement in the event.
“Israel applauds the thwarting of the Iranian terrorist attack on Cypriot soil against Israeli targets,” stated the Prime Minister’s Office, to which the intelligence agency answers. “The State of Israel employs a wide range of methods everywhere to protect Jews and Israelis and will continue to act to undermine Iranian terrorism wherever it rears its head, including on Iranian soil, the primary sponsor of terrorism in the world.”
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