Israeli broadcaster Kan reported that “Israeli security officials thwarted an Iranian attack on Israeli targets on Turkish soil last month.” According to the agency, “Israeli security officials informed their Turkish counterparts of the Iranian intention to attack and asked them to act against this cell, which was operating in Turkey and attempted to strike Israeli targets.”

This information comes a week and a half after the Israeli National Security Council issued a travel warning to Turkey in connection with a tangible and real warning of Iranian retaliatory strikes against Israelis following the assassination of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodai, which Tehran is credited with Mossad Israel. It was also noted that “Iran’s intention to target Israelis abroad has been around for two years, but this time the point is that the threat is real against Israelis in Turkey as Iran intends to target Israeli tourists and not just official targets.” . according to an Israeli report.