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March 23, 2010
Posted: 1246 GMT
London, England (CNN) - Britain has expelled an Israeli diplomat in connection with cloned passports used by suspects in the January killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai, a British government source familiar with the situation told CNN Tuesday. Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom met with British Foreign Office officials on Monday, the source said. The expelled diplomat's rank and identity were not released, and the source did not say when the diplomat was expelled. Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a founding member of Hamas' military wing, was found dead January 20 in his Dubai hotel room. Police believe he was killed the night before, allegedly by the secretive Israeli foreign intelligence unit Mossad. Two sources told CNN earlier this month that the number of identified suspects in al-Mabhouh's death was up to 27. Of them, 26 were carrying European or Australian passports, authorities have said. The sources - an official familiar with the investigation and a police source - did not say which nation issued the passport used by the 27th suspect. Read full story... Filed under: Dubai Hamas Israel U.K.
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