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Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Foreign Ministry reports explosion near Israeli embassy in New Delhi; no injuries
The Foreign Ministry announces an explosion occurred near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi this evening.
No one was hurt as a result of the blast, the cause of which was not immediately clear.
The ministry says Israeli security officials were working with local Indian authorities on the investigation.
Delhi Fire Service received a call of a blast near the Israel Embassy in the Chanakyapuri area this evening.
"So far nothing has been found at the location," says Atul Garg, Director, Delhi Fire Services pic.twitter.com/Ipd23kciBS
— ANI (@ANI) December 26, 2023
Two years ago, a blast outside Israel’s embassy in New Delhi damaged cars but caused no injuries, in an attack India has said was carried out by the Quds Force branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
In February 2012, the wife of the Israeli military attaché was injured in a car bomb attack in New Delhi. Indian police concluded that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind the bombing, one of a series of attempted attacks against Israeli targets around the world attributed to Iran during that period.
