Swiss Embassy in Israel fully operational again

The staff have resumed work in Tel Aviv, Ambassador Simon Geissbühler announced on X on Wednesday. The embassy has been fully operational for the past two weeks and is now open again for all consular services and visits, the 52-year-old wrote. In the last 12 days, the team has been working around the clock under difficult circumstances to continue its work and represent the interests of Switzerland and its citizens, Geissbühler wrote in another post. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Around a week ago, the Swiss ambassador in Israel narrowly escaped Iranian air strikes. "However, the hit in the immediate neighbourhood was massive. We could even feel the blast wave in our permanent bunker," Geissbühler wrote on the social media platform Linkedin. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) confirmed the incident. Embassy in Iran operates from Bern Meanwhile, the Swiss embassy in Tehran remains closed. It is not yet possible to say how the situation ...