Israel has been actively involved in counter-terrorism operations in the region since the bombing of the Paradise Hotel by Al-Qaeda in Kikambala, Kilifi County in 2002, but these operations have always been kept under wraps.

40–year affair

Nadav Peldman, Israeli deputy ambassador to Kenya, said that the Kenya and Israel partnership in security dates back 40 years to the Entebbe Raid, when Kenya aided Israel on a rescue mission in Uganda. Israel has always been on standby to assist in case of terror attacks.