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Yair Netanyahu was target of Iranian assassination plot in Florida, has since returned to live in Israel – report
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 35-year-old son Yair was the target of an Iranian assassination plot while he was in Florida, US right-wing outlet Newsmax reports, citing a US law enforcement source.
The report comes a day after Netanyahu told the pro-government Channel 14 in a phone interview that “Iran targeted one of my sons. Iran tried to kill, to murder one of my sons.”
He did not say which of his two sons was the target, or provide any further details on the plot, but the source speaking to Newsmax says that Israeli intelligence learned last December that Iran was planning to kill Yair in Florida, where the right-wing social media firebrand spends the majority of his time.
According to the source, intelligence agencies believe that Iranian agents were “on the ground” in the Miami area conducting surveillance of the premier’s son’s movements.
The report says that Yair was told to immediately leave Florida and head back to Israel.
It adds that he left without packing his belongings and has been living in Israel ever since.
The Times of Israel Community.