’Israeli’ Media on Beirut’s Explosion: Syrian War Deeply Spilling Over to Lebanon
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"Israeli" newspapers deliberated the attack that rocked Beirut's southern suburbs on Thursday when a wired car took the lives of at least 22 people and injured hundreds.
"Israel" Today newspaper commented on the blast by saying, "The Syrian war is beginning to deeply spill over to Lebanon."
"In two months, the Southern Suburbs, Hizbullah's stronghold, witnessed the second blast that took at least 22 people's lives this time, and reports show that the explosion was from a wired car carrying around 60kgs of explosive material," the paper reported.
Entitled "The Syrian War Moved to Lebanon", the "Israeli" paper slated the Lebanese President's accusation that "Israel" was behind the blast.
"It might be comforting for [Lebanese President] Michel Suleiman to accuse "Israel", the foreign enemy, because that would unite Lebanese. However, the party behind the explosion is an unknown organization related to al-Nusra Front in Syria," "Israel" Today reported.
Moreover, the paper said that the CIA had warned Hizbullah through Lebanese officials of the possibility of a wired car in the suburbs.
As for the "Israeli" daily Haaretz, it had indicated in its report that the explosion was the second of its kind that targeted Beirut's Southern Suburbs in less than a month after Hizbullah's Secretary General His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah revealed that Hizbullah was behind the bomb on an "Israeli" patrol that had crossed Lebanese borders a week before.
Furthermore, the paper linked the explosions that Beirut's Southern Suburbs witnessed with what it described as the military involvement of Hizbullah in the fighting in Syria alongside President Bashar al-Assad's army.
In addition, the "Israeli" daily Yedioth Ahronoth cited a high-ranked "Israeli" security official as saying, "[Hizbullah's Secretary General Sayyed Hassan] Nasrallah and Hizbullah's situation is not good; criticisms on Hizbullah's involvement in Syria increases."
"Hizbullah is damaged, but "Israel" will continue with its dissociation policy," he added.
Moreover, the source told Yedioth Ahronoth, "In light of the partial success that Hizbullah scored in the ongoing war in Syria and its support for President Bashar al-Assad, the blow that the organization received [on Thursday] in Beirut's Southern Suburbs [Dahyieh] did not surprise high-ranked "Israeli" security officials."
The military expert for Yedioth Ahronoth Ron Ben Yeshay wrote in this regards, "It is in "Israel's" interest to restore political calm and stability to Egypt and all neighboring countries. Every neighboring country that turns into a failing one increases the danger of terrorists on "Israel"."
"Every attack at Hizbullah increases the possibility of civil war in Lebanon, and civil wars and instability are the essential factors for terrorism in the "Israeli" borders," according to Yeshay.
However, Maariv daily, citing the "Israeli" entity President Shimon Peres, during a meeting with the United Nation's Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, said he was shocked of the Lebanese accusations that "Israel" is behind the suburbs explosion, stressing that it has nothing to do with the situation in Lebanon.
Source: News Agencies, translated by website team
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