OSLO, June 19 (Reuters) - A grenade was thrown at the residence of the Norwegian ambassador to Israel on Thursday evening in Tel Aviv, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said, causing no injury. “I spoke a short time ago with the Norwegian ambassador to Israel, Per Egil Selvaag, in whose yard a grenade was thrown this evening,” Saar said on X.

“I strongly condemn this serious and dangerous crime,” he added. The Israeli Foreign Ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment. In Oslo, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry said an explosion occurred at the residence. “No staff with the embassy was injured during the incident,” it said in an emailed statement, which did not say what caused the explosion. Israeli police said in a statement “light property damage was sustained” and that it had opened an investigation.

Norway has recognized Palestine as a state last year and taken further measures to strengthen Palestinian rights against Israels onslaught. Also of notice, the Norwegian pension fund has divested from various companies complicit in Israels crimes. For instance a year ago Norway divested from Caterpillar, who manufactures armored bulldozers for the Israel army, which are used to demolish streets and homes in the occupied territories.