The Israeli Ambassador to Ireland, Dr Zion Evrony, said today that the decision to expel an Israeli official over the use of fake Irish passports in the assassination of a Hamas official was "regretted".

A decision on whether to expel an Israeli embassy security worker from Ireland over the use of fake passports in a secret service assassination has been delayed, Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin today revealed

SIX Irish passports have been confirmed as having been used in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai last month.

A further forged Irish passport was used by a team of assassins who murdered a senior Hamas official in Dubai, it was revealed tonight.