JERUSALEM: Israel accused Hamas on Saturday of planning to attack its embassy in Sweden as part of an expansion by the Palestinian militant group into Europe, where authorities announced the arrests of several suspects last month.
In a statement following up on the arrests announced by Danish, German and Swedish authorities, Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency named an alleged Hamas network member in Sweden, without specifying whether he was also in custody.
There was no immediate response from Hamas, which in the past has said its policy was to limit attacks to Israel, the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, all territories where it seeks a Palestinian state.
The Foreign Ministry in Stockholm declined to comment on the specific security of Israel’s embassy, but said: “Sweden takes its commitments under the Vienna Convention to protect foreign missions very seriously.”
The Mossad statement said a multi-national investigation received information that the Hamas network took orders from a group command post in Lebanon and had “intent to attack the Israeli embassy in Sweden, to procure paragliders and to activate members of criminal groups in Europe.”
Hamas used paragliders as part of its shock multi-pronged attack on Israel on Oct. 7 which triggered the Gaza war.
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Israel accuses Hamas of planning to attack its embassy in Sweden
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Israel accuses Hamas of planning to attack its embassy in Sweden
- Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency named an alleged Hamas network member in Sweden, without specifying whether he was also in custody
- The Foreign Ministry in Stockholm declined to comment on the specific security of Israel’s embassy
Trump administration ends temporary protected status for Yemen
- Decision ends humanitarian protections that grant deportation relief and work permits to more than 1,000 Yemeni nationals
US President Donald Trump’s administration has ended temporary protected status for Yemen, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said on Friday, the latest move targeting immigrants.
The decision to end humanitarian protections that grant deportation relief and work permits to more than a thousand Yemeni nationals was taken after determining that it was against the US “national interest,” Noem said.
TPS provides relief to people already in the US if their home countries experience a natural disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary event. The Trump administration has sought to end most enrollment in the program, saying it runs counter to US interests.
“After reviewing conditions in the country and consulting with appropriate US government agencies, I determined that Yemen no longer meets the law’s requirements to be designated for Temporary Protected Status,” she said.
Around 1,380 Yemeni nationals were covered by the temporary protected status as of March 31, 2025, according to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services. The status was last extended in 2024 and was set to expire on March 3 this year.
The decision to end humanitarian protections that grant deportation relief and work permits to more than a thousand Yemeni nationals was taken after determining that it was against the US “national interest,” Noem said.
TPS provides relief to people already in the US if their home countries experience a natural disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary event. The Trump administration has sought to end most enrollment in the program, saying it runs counter to US interests.
“After reviewing conditions in the country and consulting with appropriate US government agencies, I determined that Yemen no longer meets the law’s requirements to be designated for Temporary Protected Status,” she said.
Around 1,380 Yemeni nationals were covered by the temporary protected status as of March 31, 2025, according to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services. The status was last extended in 2024 and was set to expire on March 3 this year.
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