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How Iran’s Terror Network Is Targeting Jews and Israelis in Europe
A police officer passes between black barriers placed around the Israeli embassy which has been cordoned off and is being secured for an unknown reason, in The Hague, Netherlands, Feb. 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Ahead of the Olympic games in Paris, France this summer, Israeli intelligence services — Mossad, Shin Bet, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Intelligence, and the National Security Council — on Thursday exposed Iranian sponsorship of terrorist activity targeting Jews and Israelis across Europe.
Working with European partners, the Israeli authorities discovered and revealed that two criminal networks — FOXTROT and RUMBA — were behind some of the recent attempted terrorist attacks in Europe.
A statement released by the Israeli intelligence services mentioned an incident in which two grenades were thrown at an Israeli embassy in Brussels, Belgium earlier this month. According to the intelligence services, the characteristics of the attempted attack — the choice of an Israeli embassy as a target and the grenade type— resembled the attack on the Israeli embassy in Sweden back in January.
The incident in Sweden led to the international investigation that identified the FOXTROT criminal network’s work in the attempted attack. The largest criminal organization in Sweden is known to be backed by Iran.
The investigation also identified the role of Rawa Majid, “Kurdish Fox,” an individual behind the FOXTROT network who is wanted by the INTERPOL. He is said to have been “recruited by the Iranian terrorist organizations after he fled to Turkey on Sept. 23 and managed to elude international law enforcement authorities, including a failed attempt to arrest him by the Iraqi security forces,” read the statement.
The authorities are also investigating the RUMBA criminal network, said to be directly responsible for promotion of terrorism in Sweden and across Europe. The organization is believed to receive funds and directions from Iran.
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Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi lays a wreath as he visits the burial site of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
A member of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tehran alongside a member of an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters and the Iraqi group said on Saturday.
The source identified the Hezbollah member as Abu Ali Khalil, who had served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah. The source said Khalil had been on a religious pilgrimage to Iraq when he met up with a member of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group.
They traveled together to Tehran and were both killed in an Israeli strike there, along with Khalil’s son, the senior security source said. Hezbollah has not joined in Iran’s air strikes against Israel from Lebanon.
Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada published a statement confirming that both the head of its security unit and Khalil had been killed in an Israeli strike.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli aerial attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs in September.
Israel and Iran have been trading strikes for nine consecutive days since Israel launched attacks on Iran, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Iran has said it does not seek nuclear weapons.
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Hamas Financial Officer and Commander Eliminated by IDF in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers operate during a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, July 3, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), in cooperation with the General Security Service (Shin Bet), announced on Friday the killing of Ibrahim Abu Shamala, a senior financial official in Hamas’ military wing.
The operation took place on June 17th in the central Gaza Strip.
Abu Shamala held several key positions, including financial officer for Hamas’ military wing and assistant to Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing until his elimination in March 2024.
He was responsible for managing all the financial resources of Hamas’ military wing in Gaza, overseeing the planning and execution of the group’s war budget. This involved handling and smuggling millions of dollars into the Gaza Strip to fund Hamas’ military operations.
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Report: Wary of Assassination by Israel, Khamenei Names 3 Potential Successors
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
i24 News – Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing unnamed Iranian officials. It is understood the Ayatollah fears he could be assassinated in the coming days.
Khamenei reportedly mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications.
Khamenei has designated three senior religious figures as candidates to replace him as well as choosing successors in the military chain of command in the likely event that additional senior officials be eliminated.
Earlier on Saturday Israel confirmed the elimination of Saeed Izadi and Bhanam Shahriari.
Shahriari, head of Iran’s Quds Force Weapons Transfer Unit, responsible for arming Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, was killed in an Israeli airstrike over 1,000 km from Israel in western Iran.
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