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Sunday, August 21, 2016
Israel: Hezbollah behind explosives found near Lebanon border
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe explosive devices discovered in a field by a farmer near the northern town of Metulla last month were smuggled into Israel from Lebanon by the Hezbollah terrorist group, Israel Radio reports.
An unnamed defense official told the radio station the three makeshift charges uncovered in an agricultural field were likely meant to be used in attacks against Israelis.
It wasn’t clear who was meant to collect the devices, though the Lebanon-based terror group has recently ramped up efforts to recruit Palestinian operatives from the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and within Israel using social media.
Last week, Israel’s Shin Bet security service revealed that in recent months it had broken up two Hezbollah terror cells and arrested nine local members of the organization.
The Times of Israel Community.