Israel helped Cyprus foil an Iranian-ordered attack against Israelis and Jews on the island, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said, Reuters reports.

Netanyahu’s office gave no details of the planned attack but said in the statement on behalf of the Mossad intelligence service that Israel was “troubled” by what it saw as Iranian use of Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus “both for terrorism objectives and as an operational and transit area”.

It is not the first time that Israel has warned of planned attacks on its citizens in Cyprus. Netanyahu said in June that an Iranian attack against Israeli targets in Cyprus had been thwarted.

Tehran denied being behind any alleged plot to attack Israelis in Cyprus.