An Iranian terror plot targeting Israelis in Cyprus has recently been thwarted, said Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday, following Hebrew media reports of a would-be assassin who was arrested on the island with the intention of killing Israeli-Cypriot billionaire Teddy Sagi.
“We are operating in all sectors and against all intentions,” said Gantz.
Globes cited Cypriot media as saying that the country’s police obtained intelligence and arrested an alleged Azeri contract killer with a Russian passport. The suspect was reportedly found with a firearm and silencer in his possession.
Earlier on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that the attempted attack was in fact a much wider Iranian effort to kill Israelis residing in the island nation.