Grenade thrown at Norway's ambassador residence in Tel Aviv, says Israeli foreign minister

Oslo: A grenade was thrown at the residence of the Norwegian ambassador to Israel on Thursday evening in Tel Aviv, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said, causing no injury.

"I spoke a short time ago with the Norwegian ambassador to Israel, Per Egil Selvaag, in whose yard a grenade was thrown this evening," Saar said on X. "I strongly condemn this serious and dangerous crime," he added.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment. In Oslo, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry said an explosion occurred at the residence.

"No staff with the embassy was injured during the incident," it said in an emailed statement, which did not say what caused the explosion. Israeli police said in a statement "light property damage was sustained" and that it had opened an investigation.