Mossad foils Iran’s plot to attack Israelis in Africa: Israeli news channel

Tel Aviv: A major Iranian plot to attack Israelis and Jewish people travelling to Africa for leisure and trade has been foiled. This information surfaced after five militants trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were arrested. An Israeli news channel claimed that the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad played a significant role in the matter.

A large number of tourists visit the African countries of Senegal, Tanzania and Ghana. These include a good number of Israeli and Jewish people. The Israeli tourist especially flocks the Jungle Safari in Tanzania. These five suspects had planned to attack these tourists. But the attackers were arrested before they could execute their plan.

As per the preliminary information received, all five attackers had been trained in Lebanon. The Israeli news channel informed that the Quds Forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards had trained these militants for the attacks. The security agencies in Tanzania and Ghana acted. The Israeli news channel claimed that the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad provided vital information leading to the arrests.

It is not clear when the action was carried out. At the same time, neither the three African countries nor Mossad has endorsed the report. Iranian officials dismissed the information published by the Israeli news channel. The news channel said that the Iranian officials said that this was a baseless allegation.

In September, local agencies had detained a person from Azerbaijan in Cyprus. This person had made preparations to attack the Israeli traders in the island country of Cyprus, in the Mediterranean Sea. It is claimed that it was clarified in the interrogation that this was a part of an Iranian plot.

Whereas Iran had trained terrorists to attack a diplomatic official from United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Ethiopia. A leading US newspaper had claimed that Iran had plotted this attack to teach a lesson to UAE, which has established diplomatic ties with Israel. Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated nearly a year ago. Iran had accused that Israel was behind the assassination and had threatened to attack Israeli interests around the globe. A covert war started between Iran and Israel then.

Indications of this covert war flaring up further are being received because of the action taken in the African countries. The Israeli news channel, accusing Iran of the plot, also has expressed similar concerns and has warned that the conflict between Iranian and Israeli intelligence agencies will intensify further soon.