Israel says Iranian plan to kill Israelis in Cyprus foiled

Israel and Cyprus have foiled an Iranian plan to kill Israelis on the east Mediterranean island, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement on Sunday.

“The Cypriot security and law enforcement agencies, in cooperation with the Mossad (Israeli intelligence), thwarted an Iranian terrorist infrastructure that planned to carry out attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets in Cyprus,” the statement said.

It followed confirmation by Cyprus police in Nicosia that they had arrested two people for “national security” reasons, after a media report that two Iranians were being held on suspicion of plotting to attack Israelis.