Israeli flag flies at the Israeli Embassy in Washington (photo credit: REUTERS/GARY CAMERON)
Jerusalem Post: Israel raises alert level in delegations abroad
Iran has tried to target embassy personnel in the past.
Fearing an Iranian response to the assassination on Friday of its top nuclear scientist, Israel increased security at its embassies across the globe.
The heightened state of alert was said to be over concern that Iran – known to have terrorist infrastructure in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America – would try to hit an Israeli target to avenge the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, its top nuclear scientist, which the Islamic Republic has blamed on Israel.
Jewish communities around the world were also said to have been instructed to be more vigilant.
Iran’s options vary. It could try to attack an Israeli embassy like it did in 1992 following the killing of Hezbollah’s leader Abbas Musawi in southern Lebanon by Israel.
At the time, an Iranian cell blew up a powerful car bomb outside the Israel Embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 people, including three Israeli embassy personnel, six local embassy employees and scores of innocent Argentineans, including elderly residents of a nearby nursing home and schoolchildren.
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WNU Editor: Israeli missions are always on high alert.
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