Two staffers of Israeli embassy killed in Washington, suspect said' I did it for Gaza'
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Israeli FM worried
Israel's foreign minister says he's 'very worried' there would be more attacks against diplomats
'I'm very worried,' Sa'ar told reporters at a briefing in Jerusalem. 'I want to tell you that during the last months and weeks, we had a couple of incidents in several embassies.'
Some of the attacks were even 'not reported,' he added, and they happened 'mainly in Europe.'
British police said last month they had arrested and charged a man with a terrorism offence after he allegedly tried to break into the Israeli embassy in London with a bladed weapon.
Israel said at the time that none of its embassy staff members were harmed and the building didn't suffer any damage either.
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