JERUSALEM: Israel’s domestic security agency said on Tuesday that it had foiled a plot by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to assassinate a former senior defense official in the coming days.
The Shin Bet agency did not name the official. It said in a statement that it had seized an explosive device attached to a remote detonation system, using a mobile phone and a camera, that Hezbollah had planned to operate from Lebanon.
Shin Bet said the attempted attack was similar to a Hezbollah plot foiled in Tel Aviv a year ago, without giving further details.
Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have been trading fire across the Lebanese border since October, in the worst escalation of violence there in two decades.
Israel says it thwarted Hezbollah plot to kill former defense official
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Israel says it thwarted Hezbollah plot to kill former defense official
- The Shin Bet agency did not name the official
- The attempted attack was similar to a Hezbollah plot foiled in Tel Aviv a year ago