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Thursday, June 29, 2023
Mossad says it apprehended terror operative in Iran before planned attack in Cyprus
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Israel’s Mossad spy agency names Yousef Shahbazi Abbasalilo as the Iranian terrorist sent to lead a planned terror attack against Israeli targets in Cyprus, and states that he was caught by its operatives in Iran and confessed to the plot.
Mossad says Abbasalilo was given weapons for the attack from senior officials in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, as well as instructions regarding the attack, which Mossad says was to target Israeli businessmen in the small island nation.
Mossad says Abbasalilo confessed during questioning to the planned attack and described his efforts to carry it out.
The information led to the dismantling of the plot’s infrastructure by Cypriot security forces.
“We’ll get to every person that advances terrorism against Jews and Israelis all over the world, including on Iranian soil,” a senior Mossad official says.
The Mossad releases a video of Abbasalilo discussing the planned attack.
Mossad releases video of Iranian terror operative discussing planned attack in Cyprus pic.twitter.com/BPfCr2iwox
— Luke Tress (@luketress) June 29, 2023
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