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| Nasrallah Claims Labbouneh Blast |
| 2013-08-15 |
| [An Nahar] Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah Wednesday claimed last week's Labbouneh blasts that maimed four Israeli soldiers, saying his party "will face" any further border violations by the Jewish state. "We had prior information that the Israelis were going to pass through this zone. Bombs were placed there and when they came that night, they were detonated," Nasrallah told Beirut-based satellite television station al-Mayadeen. He explained: "What happened in (the southern town of) Labbouneh took place under the sight to the resistance's fighters and we already knew Israelis would cross into Lebanese territories and thus, we have planted bombs there." "It is a newly planted bomb and not an Israeli remnant of the July 2006 war. The incidence was an intended operation and did not happen by coincidence. We took the decision to target Israelis in Labbouneh because the border is under the control of the Lebanese army and the state." The Lebanese army said last week that a group of Israeli soldiers crossed the border into the southern area of Labbouneh near Naqoura and were maimed in an kaboom which reports have said was caused by a landmine. The communique said the Israeli troops reached as far as 400 meters inside Leb. Nasrallah said the Israeli troops' advancement into Leb is "a clear violation." The Hizbullah chief also vowed to "confront any further violations of Leb's illusory sovereignty." "We will not accept Israeli violations of our territory," Nasrallah warned. "As soon as we know that the Israelis have entered Lebanese territory, the party will face (them) in timely fashion." "No official texts say we do not have the right to confront anyone that violates our land. We have the right not to stay silent after violations and these are violations with goals." |
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