Israeli embassy thanks state security service for “professional, determined” efforts to ensure Israeli citizens’ safety

The embassy of Israel in Georgia on Tuesday thanked Georgia's state security service for their “professional and determined” efforts to ensure the safety of the Israeli citizens after the security service prevented the assassination of an Israeli citizen in the country.

The embassy said it “truly appreciated” the “important and decisive” actions taken by Georgia's local authorities. “We are witnessing how Iran continues in its malign activities and it’s terror acts attempts not only in the Middle East, but all over the world, now here in peaceful Georgia”, the statement read.

The state security service today announced that its counterintelligence department had prevented the assassination of an Israeli citizen by a group involving individuals with Pakistani and dual Georgian-Iranian citizenships, who have been arrested. 

The agency also said it identified the person who had ordered the crime - reportedly an Iranian national living abroad - and their accomplices, and noted “complex operational and investigative measures” were in progress over the case.