"Iran will try to hit Israeli targets around the world" Israel today

While Israelis return abroad, National Security Staff warns of Iranian attack • Top of the list of risks: Georgia, Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates

• Police in the capital of Georgia // Photo: AP

The National Security Headquarters today issued a statement to Israelis going abroad, on the assumption that Iran is still striving to hit Israeli targets around the world. 

The headquarters estimate that due to the decrease in the morbidity of the corona virus and the large number of vaccinated, a significant increase in outbound tourism is expected.

The National Security Headquarters conveys to the public the main assessments of the risks to Israelis abroad by terrorist elements. The headquarters claims that in recent months Iranian elements have threatened to hit Israeli targets. Behind the placement of the luggage. 

The National Intelligence Headquarters estimates that Iran will continue to work in the near future to promote harm to Israeli targets.

Areas with a high probability of such activity are countries close to Iran - such as Georgia, Azerbaijan, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain, the Kurdish region of Iraq, as well as countries in the Middle East visited by Israelis (such as Turkey, Jordan and Egypt).

At the same time, global jihadist organizations, with an emphasis on the Islamic State (ISIS) and their supporters, continue to motivate and carry out terrorist attacks in various countries around the world, including countries visited by Israelis. In the Sahel region with an emphasis on Mali and Burkina Faso, Central Africa, with an emphasis on northern Nigeria and neighboring countries. In the Middle East with an emphasis on Sinai, in Asia with an emphasis on Malaysia, Indonesia, Kashmir in India and the southern Philippines.

In addition, there is still motivation for global jihad operatives to carry out attacks in Western countries.

It will be recalled that in the past year there has been an explicit call by the leadership of the "Islamic State" (ISIS) for the organization's operatives in Sinai and Syria, to harm Israelis.

Against this background, the headquarters calls on the public planning to visit abroad to examine the status of the travel warning on a selected destination, before purchasing the tickets.