Feb 13, 2012

Netanyahu: Iran Behind Today’s Israeli Embassy Attacks

Aaron KleinBy Aaron Klein
Klein Online

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu squarely blamed Iran for the two seemingly coordinated car bomb attacks against Israeli embassies in India and Georgia today.

Calling Iran “the world’s top initiator of terror,” Netanyahu said that over the past few months “we have seen attempts to hurt Israelis in Azerbaijan and in Thailand. All of these incidents were stopped with the help of local [authorities].”

Netanyahu said that in each of the recent attempts “Iran and its proxy Hezbollah was behind the attacks.”

Israel, he added, “will continue to work with local security forces to stop attacks and will act with a strong hand” and systematically fight international terror, “which comes from Iran.”

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman took it a step further, warning that Israel knows exactly how to identify those responsible for the attacks and how to identify those who carried them out.

Aftermath of Israel embassy car bomb in IndiaFour people, including the wife of an Israeli diplomat, were wounded today when a car bomb exploded outside of Israel’s embassy in the Indian capital of New Delhi. The embassy is reportedly located close to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s official residence.

Also today, a Georgian worker employed by the Israeli embassy in Tbilisi alerted police after noticing a suspicious object attached to a car assigned to the Israeli envoy to the country. The object turned out to be a grenade-like explosive device, according to Israeli officials.

Both of today’s attempts come one day after the fourth anniversary marking the targeted elimination of Hezbollah’s deputy leader, Imad Mughniyah, which the Islamist organization blames on Israel.

Israeli officials note that Hezbollah takes orders directly from Iran. Any Hezbollah attack on an Israeli target would be ordered by Tehran.

Today’s attacks follow the assassination of several nuclear scientists in Iran. Tehran has blamed Israel and the U.S. for those assassinations.


Related Links


Israel says Iran behind India, Georgia attacks • Reuters
Moment car of Israeli diplomat's wife explodes into a fireball in suspected revenge attack for Iranian nuclear scientist's assassination • Daily Mail
Israel embassy staff targeted in bomb attacks • Euronews
Iran denies role in bomb attacks on Israeli embassies • Jerusalem Post
Lieberman: We Know Who Did It • Arutz Sheva