| Nasrallah threatens to 'plunge Israel into darkness' |
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatens to target
Israeli power plants and ports if Israel takes military action in Lebanon: "A
few missiles would plunge Israel into darkness" • Hamas official accuses Israel
of being behind Bulgaria expulsion.
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Hezbollah
leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, Saturday.
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Photo credit: AP  |
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Saturday
that he would not comment on a recent Bulgarian report finding that members of
the Lebanese terrorist group carried out an attack that killed five Israeli
tourists last summer, saying only that the "issue is being followed calmly and
closely."
Speaking to hundreds of supporters via video link,
Nasrallah said Israel had already accused his terrorist group of being behind
the attack before the Bulgarian report was released.
Nasrallah also warned the Jewish state against attacking
Lebanon, saying Hezbollah's response would be harsh.
The July 18 bombing at an airport in Bulgaria's Black Sea resort of Burgas
killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian bus driver.
As well as the bomber, who was also killed and whose
identity has not been established, two other men are suspected of involvement in
the attack. The names of the two other suspects, who are believed to still be
alive, have not been made public.
The European Union, of which Bulgaria is a member, regards
Hezbollah as a legitimate political organization and has resisted calls to
blacklist the group or declare it a terrorist organization.
Nasrallah's speech marked the anniversary of the death of
three Hezbollah leaders, including top military commander Imad Mughniyeh, who
was killed in a car bomb in the Syrian capital of Damascus in 2008. Hezbollah
blamed Israel for Mughniyeh's death and vowed to avenge him.
Nasrallah warned that anyone who thinks Hezbollah is
vulnerable because of Syria's civil war is mistaken. He also said that the group
had all the weapons it needed in case war broke out with Israel, and it would
not need to import them from allies Syria and Iran.
"The resistance will not be silent regarding any
aggression against Lebanon," Nasrallah said. He added that Hezbollah had the
capability to strike at Israel's "ports, airports and power stations."
"A few missiles would plunge Israel into darkness,"
Nasrallah said, referring to plans to attack power stations. "Can Israel survive
six months in the dark?"
Nasrallah threatened to cover Israel in missiles "from
Kiryat Shmona to Eilat," referring to towns in Israel’s northern and southern
extremes.
Meanwhile, the leader of a four-member Hamas delegation
expelled from Bulgaria last week has accused Israel of pressuring Bulgaria to
kick the Palestinians out of the country.
Salah Bardawil made the remarks Saturday after arriving in
Cairo en route back to the Gaza Strip, where the Islamist terrorist group Hamas
holds power. He offered no evidence to back up his claim.
Calls to Israeli officials went unanswered.
Bulgaria expelled the men Friday, saying they represented
"a serious threat to national security."
Bulgaria's interior minister said the men arrived on valid
visas but on ones issued "on different motives from those they demonstrated
here."
Bardawil said the delegation met with media and some
political figures during the visit.
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