Top Israeli intelligence officials announced this week that they helped foil an Iranian-backed terrorist attack against Jews living Brazil.

The news was made public in a rare joint statement released by the Prime Minister’s office and the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, better known as “the Mossad.”

“The Brazilian security services, together with the Mossad and its partners in the Israeli security community, alongside additional international security agencies, foiled a terrorist attack in Brazil, planned by the Hezbollah terrorist organization, directed and financed by Iran,” the statement said. “This was an extensive network that operated in additional countries.”

“The Mossad thanks the Brazilian security services for the arrest of a terrorist cell that was operated by Hezbollah in order to carry out an attack on Israeli and Jewish targets in Brazil,” the statement continued. “Given the backdrop of the war in Gaza against the Hamas terrorist organization, Hezbollah and the Iranian regime are continuing to operate around the world in order to attack Israeli, Jewish and Western targets.”

The Mossad added that it continues to work around the clock to stop terrorist attacks against Jews and Israeli nationals “wherever necessary, by various methods.”

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