Lebanon's defence minister says an Israeli aircraft probably set off the bomb that killed an Islamic Jihad leader in the southern city of Sidon on May 26. The blast killed Mahmud al-Majzub as well as his brother Nidal. On Thursday, Ilias Murr said: "Information received so far shows there is a strong possibility that the detonator in the booby-trapped car was set off by an Israeli aircraft monitoring his movements via a camera mounted on a truck." Referring to daily violations of Lebanese airspace by Israeli aircraft, Murr said "the worst thing is that these violations enable the carrying out of terrorist operations in Lebanon, which is both frightening and dangerous".
He said it was "the first time in the 30 years Israel has been carrying out operations in Lebanon that an operation was executed at such a high-tech level. Nothing can provide protection in the face of this superior technique in terrorism and explosives."