Hizbullah Applauds Booby-Trapped Car Discovery, Laments State's 'Incapability' amid Security Threats

The Head of Hizbullah's Juristic Committee condemned on Friday the explosions that targeted the Iranian embassy in the Beirut neighborhood of Bir Hassan, lamenting the weakness of the state amid “the increased security threats to the country.”

"We urge our people to become the guardians of their security and of their country in cooperation with security forces, amid the security threats and the violent Israeli and Takfiri bombings,” Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek said during his Friday sermon at the shrine for Sayyeda Khawla in the Bekaa city of Baalbek.

He added: “We lament celebrating Independence Day while the institutions that should be handling people's affairs are not functioning and the cabinet and the state are absent and unable to face the increased security violations.”

"Where to are we heading if the Lebanon do not wake-up and realize this?,” Yazebek asked.

Meanwhile, the Hizbullah official applauded the discovery of a booby-trapped car in the Bekaa, which “was meant to target many innocent people.”

Yazbek also called for the formation of a national unity cabinet that cares about people's affairs and security.

Lebanese army experts defused at dawn Friday a car rigged with hundreds of kilograms of explosives in the eastern Bekaa Valley but failed to arrest its driver.

The army took over the vehicle between the towns of Maqne and Younine after armed gangs engaged in a gunbattle following midnight, said Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3).

The army also found two mortars and a high-tech remote control to set off the explosives in the Buick carrying the license plate G/401907.

The incident came three days after suicide bombers struck the Iranian embassy in Beirut's southern suburbs, leaving 25 people dead and 147 wounded.