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The '''2012 Israeli embassy attack''' occurred on 13 February, 2012 after a bomb explosion on an Israeli diplomatic car in ], ] wounding one embassy staff member and a local employee. Another bomb planted in a car in ], ] failed to explode and was defused by Georgian police.

==Background==
'']'' reported on 12 February that Iran had summoned the Azeri ambassador to complain against a report in '']'' that ] had used Azerbaijan as a base for covert operations against Iran.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}

==Incidents==
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==Responsibility and reactions==
Israeli Prime Minister ] blamed ]ian intelligence services or ] for both incidents. Israel put its embassies on high alert for the anniversary of the killing of Hezbollah commander ], as Hezbollah had vowed to avenge the attack by attacking Israelis overseas.<ref>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4188985,00.html</ref>

Iran condemned the "terrorist" incidents; it also rejected the allegation and denied responsibility for the incidents,<ref>{{cite news|title=Binyamin Netanyahu accuses Iran over bombs targeting Israeli diplomats|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/13/binyamin-netanyahu-accuses-iran-bombs|publisher=]|date=2012-02-13}}</ref> while blaming Israel for a ].

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