Britain's Daily Mail paper accounts that Israel's Mossad informed Britain's MI6 that it was carrying out an overseas operation using British passports. According to the report, the British government knew that Israel was using British passports for the purpose of the operation. "It wasn't a request for permission, yet rather a courtesy call," a British security source is quoted as saying.

Despite the report, Britain has been critical of the employ of British passports for the operation (in which Hamas terrorist Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was assassinated), in what has become clear as a case of identity theft. The paper informed that Israel's intelligence office did not inform Britain about the precise details of the operation, such as who was the target, and where it was to hold space. The paper quoted a Mossad operative as saying that Britain's Foreign Office was updated hours before the operation took place, and that it was understood that Israel would receive a "slap on the wrist" from Britain and be told, "not to execute this again". According to the report, Britain was not involved in the operation. While security sources in Dubai and in Britain have been quick to blame Israel's Mossad for the assault, thus far, Israel has not publicly admitted that it carried out the operation. Britain's Conservative leader, David Cameron, stated, "At the very least, we need some assurances about the future to create sure whatever has happened in the past can’t happen again." A journalist of the British Guardian paper was quoted as saying that the feeling in London is that Israel has gone too far, and that this was yet another symptom of the ailing relations between the two nations. Dubai authorities have insisted that they are 99% sure that Israel's Mossad carried out the affair. Several of the passports are that of olim (immigrants to Israel from Britain), who have denied that they are portion of the operation, and claim that their identities were stolen. Analysts have speculated on which intelligence agency could be so foolish as to use passports that are so clearly identifiable with Israel. Yesterday, Britain asked Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor to 'clarify' the affair.  

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