London, England (CNN) — The British Foreign Office denied a news report Friday that the British intelligence service was told in advance that Israeli agents planned to assassinate a senior Hamas militant.

Israel has brushed aside suggestions that it was involved in the January 20 death in a Dubai hotel of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a founding member of Hamas’ military wing. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said there is “no reason to think” that Israeli agents were involved in the killing.

via CNN