An explosion occurred today, Tuesday, near the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital, New Delhi, without any injuries reported, and no party has claimed responsibility for it yet.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Israeli authorities are cooperating with their Indian counterparts to investigate the cause of the explosion.
The Indian and Israeli authorities did not provide any information about the strength of the explosion, or the damage it caused.
Israeli embassy spokesman Jay Nir said that New Delhi police and a security team were still investigating the explosion.
The fire department said that it has not found anything yet during the search.
For its part, an Indian news agency quoted the police as saying that they found at the site of the explosion a letter addressed to the Israeli ambassador, without talking about the contents of the letter.
VIDEO | Delhi Police teams scan areas near the Israel Embassy after receiving information about a blast. More details are awaited. pic.twitter.com/ndsvYgkkes
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 26, 2023
It is noteworthy that in January 2021, a small bomb exploded near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, without injuring anyone, and an Israeli official said at the time that Israel was treating the explosion as a “terrorist incident.”
Following an operation Al-Aqsa flood Launched by the Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation on October 7, India took a much stronger pro-Israel position than is usual during Palestinian-Israeli conflicts, and was among the countries that opposed the resolution. United nations Which calls for a humanitarian truce in Gaza.
He was also the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi One of the first world leaders to condemn the Al-Aqsa Flood operation led by the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) against Israel.
