Bulgaria Reportedly Foils Attack on Israelis amid Concern over Hizbullah Vengeance
Israel is concerned Hizbullah will try to attack Israelis overseas in the coming weeks and ahead of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of the party’s military commander Imad Mughniyeh, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Mughniyeh was killed in a car bombing in Syria on Feb. 12, 2008. Hizbullah has accused Israel's intelligence service Mossad of assassinating him.
“Hizbullah is believed to be actively seeking revenge for the assassination, and over the years there have been reports of a number of plots that were thwarted including an attempt to bomb the Israeli embassy in Azerbaijan,” said The Jerusalem Post.
The news report came after Israeli public television said Bulgarian authorities have foiled a bomb attack targeting a bus chartered to take Israeli tourists to a ski resort.
It said that the device was found on the bus on Tuesday.
Bulgarian troops were deployed in several ski resorts frequented by Israeli tourists after the bomb was found, the report added.
The television station's military commentator said the foiled attack could have been linked to the fourth anniversary of Mughniyeh’s assassination.
Source: Agence France Presse, Naharnet
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