Police in Cyprus say a story is not true. They say a man was not attacked because he spoke Hebrew. The police say the fight was between people from Israel. It was not because of hate.
The false story started on Monday. Many news sites said a Jewish man was hurt. They said he was attacked for speaking Hebrew. This sounded like a hate crime. Such stories can hurt Cyprus tourism. But the police have a different story.
Police say the fight was at a hotel. It started because of an argument. People from Israel were in the fight. It became a physical fight. Police are still checking what happened. The hurt man wrote that he is okay. He has no complaints. This is different from the first story.
Police told a newspaper that the story is not true. They said the man argued with others from Israel. He wrote that he has no problems. Other police sources also said the story is not true. There was no hate involved.
The man did go back to Israel. He had surgery on his eye. The fight was serious. But police do not think it was a hate crime. They are still looking into the fight. They want to know the real reason. Police want to stop false stories. People should check facts.