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TEL AVIV — Israelis will not be allowed into the United Arab Emirates even if they carry foreign passports, according to Dubai’s police chief.

The ban comes in the wake of the killing of a senior Hamas man in Dubai, blamed by the Emirates authorities on Israel’s Mossad spy agency.

Dubai’s police chief, Lieut. General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, said travellers suspected of being Israeli will not be allowed into the UAE even if they arrive with alternative passports.

Tamim said a team of at least 26 people used European and Australian passports to enter the country in January and kill Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in his hotel room, before fleeing the country.

The UAE will now “deny entry to anyone suspected of having Israeli citizenship,” Tamim said at a security conference in Abu Dhabi on March 1.

It was unclear if the measure would also apply to Israeli athletes competing in international sports events being held there.

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