Netanyahu: Iran behind the attacks.
Expert: Iran’s leader called for worldwide attacks.
An Israeli embassy car went up in flames Monday following an explosion in a terrorist attack in the Indian capital of New Delhi and a second bomb was safely defused in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.
At least one embassy employee was seriously wounded, and Israel Radio reported up to six other people were injured in the terror attack.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded angrily, saying Iran was responsible for the attacks.
"Iran is behind them and is the world's largest exporter of terrorism,” Netanyahu said. “In recent months we have witnessed attempts to harm Israeli citizens and Jews in a number of countries. In all cases we were able to thwart the attacks in cooperation with the locals. In all these locations the partners (to the attacks) were Iran and Hezbollah."
“We don’t know yet who is behind the attacks, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there is an Iranian connection here,” former Brigadier General Michael Herzog, a top former advisor to four Israeli defense ministers said on hearing the news.
“Iranian supreme leader (Ali) Khamenei recently threatened that Iran would support anybody globally who takes action against the Zionist entity,” Herzog told The Israel Project. “We may be witnessing a new wave of Iranian assaults on Israeli targets as part of what they perceive as a counter attack.”
Israeli foreign ministry deputy spokesman Paul Hirschson confirmed that a bomb had also been found earlier Monday in a car belonging to a staff worker at the Israeli embassy in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. The bomb was defused by local police.
Hirschson said the Israeli ambassador to India was not hurt in the New Delhi attack, which took place only 200 meters from the official residence of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The woman injured in the blast is the wife of an Israeli diplomat at the Israeli embassy, YNET news reported. The explosion apparently took place after she dropped her children off at a local preschool.
Iran sponsors both the Hezbollah terrorist organization based in Lebanon and the Palestinian Hamas terror group. Peace efforts received another blow Sunday when during an official visit to Iran, the leader of Hamas in Gaza reiterated that his group rejects peace with Israel and called for armed conflict.
“(The) Gun is our only response to the Zionist regime,” said Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. “In time, we have come to understand that we can obtain our goals only through fighting and armed resistance and no compromise should be made with the enemy."
