On 18 July 2012 , a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria was destroyed in a bombing attack that killed five Israeli tourists and the driver , and injured 32 people . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran and Hezbollah for the attack . In July 2012 , a senior Israeli defense official stated that since May 2011 , more than 20 terrorist attacks planned by Iranians or suspected Hezbollah agents against Israeli targets worldwide had been foiled , including in South Africa , Azerbaijan , Kenya , Turkey , Thailand , Cyprus , Bulgaria , Nepal , Nigeria , and Peru , and that Iranian and Hezbollah operatives were incarcerated in jails throughout the world
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