Israel, alert attacks abroad, look at the Olympics

Israel remains alert for new attacks against its citizens abroad, following last week's attack against a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria and the possibility that it was a trial to another against athletes that country in the Olympics, said on Sunday Israeli Prime Minister. Israel blames Iran and its Lebanese allies of Hezbollah's attack last week at the airport of Burgas Bulgarian spa, a week before the start of the Olympics in London. Five Israelis, the bus driver and the attacker died in the attack. Although Israeli officials gave no details on security measures for their athletes, stay tuned to observed the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Palestinian attack at the Games in Munich killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches. "We remain alert to the possibility that they (Iran and its agents) to attack elsewhere, but I can not provide specific details," said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to CBS. Deliberately declined to comment when asked about press reports in the sense that Israel fears that the attack in Bulgaria is the preamble of attacks on the Israeli Olympic team. "I will not confirm any information we have about the Olympics," he said. Referring to press reports, adding that "I can not provide any confirmation." Defense Minister Ehud Barak told reporters in Israel that intelligence agencies around the world collaborate with the British "to minimize the chances of there being any incidents during the Olympics." "(This surveillance) is primarily a result of things that have happened, things that we all remember at the Olympics in Munich," Barak said Sunday. "We must remain vigilant." The Defense Ministry official Amos Gilad dismissed a report in the British newspaper The Sunday Times to the effect that Israel sent spies to the European capitals of Bulgaria after the attack in search of an Iranian terrorist group sent to kill Israeli athletes.