[Iran Press TV Latest] Cairo has warned what it calls "hostile elements" to beware of "Egypt's wrath" as the country steps up the number of its arrests. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Thursday that the country would not tolerate "the intervention of regional powers that are hostile to peace and that aim to drag the region into the abyss. They aspire to impose their influence on our Arab world by introducing hostile elements into the region, in efforts to threaten Egypt's national security. We will uncover their plot; beware of Egypt's wrath!"
| The remarks were made after Egypt said it had arrested 49 people over links with the Lebanese movement Hezbollah. |
Egyptian state-run media later claimed that the group was plotting to carry out an attack in Tel Aviv. Hezbollah, however, has denied the allegations, saying the arrests were politically motivated and aimed at harming the movement ahead of the June elections in Lebanon.