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Netanyahu Blames Iran for Car Bomb Targeting Israeli Diplomat in India
A picture of the burning car. (Ynetnews.com)

Netanyahu Blames Iran for Car Bomb Targeting Israeli Diplomat in India

"the elements behind these attacks were Iran and its protege Hezbollah" -- Related: Iran says its nuke facilities are immune from cyber attacks --

JERUSALEM (The Blaze/AP) -- Israel's prime minister has accused Iran of being behind a pair of car bombings against Israeli diplomatic targets in India and Georgia.

Benjamin Netanyahu told a meeting of lawmakers from his Likud Party on Monday that he believed the Iranians were responsible for the attacks in New Delhi and Tbilisi. Two people were wounded in India and the bomb in Georgia was discovered before it went off.

Netanyahu said Israel has thwarted other attacks in recent months in Azerbaijan, Thailand and elsewhere.

"In all those cases, the elements behind these attacks were Iran and its protege Hezbollah," he said.

Ynetnews.com has more:

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu placed blame for the dual attacks against Israel's diplomatic missions in New Delhi and Tbilisi Monday squarely on Tehran, saying that Israel will continue to "systematically and with patience, use a strong arm" against international terrorism emanating from Iran.

Netanyahu said that Iran, and its proxy Hezbollah, is responsible for a string of attempted attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets abroad in recent months, including in Thailand and Azerbaijan. In each of the previous cases, he said, the attacks were thwarted with the help of the local authorities.

"Iran, which is behind these attacks, is the biggest exporter of terrorism in the world," Netanyahu said.  "The Israeli government and its security forces will continue to work together with local security services against these terrorist actions."

The New Delhi attack took place just a few hundred meters from the prime minister's residence as the diplomat's wife was heading to the American Embassy School to pick up her children, said Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta.

When the car approached a crossing, she noticed a motorcyclist ride up and stick something on it that appeared to be a magnetic device, he said.

The car drove a short distance, there was a loud sound and then an explosion and the car caught fire, he said.

"It was a loud explosion. We realized it's not a firecracker, but an explosion, and rushed toward the car," said Ravi Singh, 50, owner of a gas station near the blast site.

The blast left a charred minivan with blue diplomatic plates, its rear door apparently blown out.

Iran has accused Israel of involvement in a series of killings of officials and scientists involved in its controversial nuclear program.

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