Illegal Immigrant Jailed Over Planned Knife Attack on Israeli Embassy in UK

Three screengrabs from a CCTV video showing Abdullah Sabah Albadri (wearing a red keffiyeh) walking past the Israeli embassy in London (L), trying to climb the fence (C) and being tackled by armed police (R) on April 28, 2025. Metropolitan Police

A failed asylum seeker from Kuwait, who climbed over the gates of the Israeli embassy in London armed with two knives was jailed for a minimum of 20 years on Monday, after being convicted of preparing a terrorist act.

Abdullah Sabah Albadri, 34, tried to gain entry to the embassy in Kensington, central London, on April 28, 2025, but was stopped by police from the Metropolitan Police’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, who were guarding the compound.

Albadri was convicted of one count of preparing a terrorist act and two counts of possession of a pointed or bladed article. He was given a life sentence but was told he would have to serve 20 years, minus time served.

In a statement after Monday’s sentencing, Counter Terrorism Policing said that after he was arrested, they discovered Albadri wanted to attack the Israeli embassy as an act of revenge against the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza.

Body-worn camera footage from the arresting officers showed that Albadri told them he had weapons on him and wanted to “make a crime” inside the embassy.

Martyrdom Note

He had two knives in his pockets and a note about martyrdom on him when he was arrested. The note said he wanted to die “for the glory of God.”

When the police investigated Albadri and searched his electronic devices, they found he had searched several Arabic terms relating to suicide and martyrdom in the five days prior to his arrest.

“These internet searches further strengthened the case that he had been planning to carry out a terrorist attack,” said the police.

An undated image of Abdullah Sabah Albadri—who was jailed for life for planning a terrorist attack on the Israeli embassy in London—at the Old Bailey in London on Oct. 5, 2026. Metropolitan Police

It emerged during the trial that Albadri had arrived in Britain on a small boat across the English Channel from France, on April 12, 2025—just 16 days before the incident—and claimed asylum.

The attempt to carry out a terrorist attack on the embassy was prevented by officers on duty, who stopped him from breaching the security perimeter, Cmdr. Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing, London, said.

The Epoch Times reached out to Albadri’s attorney, Chris Henley, for comment, but did not receive a response by publication time.

Heightened Security

Israeli embassies around the world have come under heightened security provisions since Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists crossed from the Gaza strip and killed at least 1,200 Israelis.

In October 2024, three Swedish teenagers were arrested after two explosions occurred near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen.

Two youths—who could not be named under Danish law—were jailed for 12 and 14 years respectively for the attack, in March this year.

On May 21, 2025, two Israeli embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were shot and killed while leaving an event at a Jewish museum in Washington.

In April 2026, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said there had been around 30 attacks on Israeli embassies and missions since Oct. 7, 2023.