Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has thwarted a series of planned Iranian attacks against Israelis in Africa, Israeli media reported on Sunday.
Following the receipt of “accurate intelligence” from “Western intelligence sources,” the security forces of Tanzania, Ghana and Senegal arrested five suspects, according to Channel 12 news.
From Lebanon, the suspects returned to Africa, using religious studies as cover but with the goal of identifying potential targets. The highest-priority targets were Israeli tourists in Tanzania and businessmen in Ghana and Senegal, according to Channel 12.
Tehran, as expected, has denied the allegations, calling them “baseless, promoted only by the malicious media of the Zionist regime,” according to the report.