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The Israeli embassy in Romania’s capital Bucharest was targeted by an incendiary device on Monday. Romanian media reported that a 34-year-old man threw an explosive at an office building containing the Israeli embassy before attempting to set himself on fire. Security forces responsible for protecting the embassy overpowered the man, a Syrian citizen, before extinguishing the fire and handing him over to police. A display board at the entrance to the office building was damaged, but the Israeli embassy on the fifth floor was unharmed. A police spokesman told the television channel Digi24 that …