Lebanese terror Hezbollah said on Wednesday one of its
commanders was killed outside his Beirut home overnight in an attack it blamed
on Israel.
The group said in a statement that Hassan al-Laqqis was
killed at around midnight in the Hadath district of the Lebanese capital. It
gave no detail of the operation but said "the accusation is directed at
the enemy, Israel".
Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor denied
Israeli involvement.
"Israel has nothing to do with this incident,"
Palmor said. "These automatic accusations are an innate reflex with
Hezbollah. They don't need evidence, they don't need facts, they just blame
anything on Israel."
The group said al-Laqqis was a "jihadist and a father
of a martyr who was killed in 2006 in the Second Lebanon War."
It was further claimed that Israel had tried to assassinate
al-Laqqis several times in the past without success.
Referring to Israel, Hezbollah said in a statement,
"This enemy must shoulder complete responsibility and repercussions for
this ugly crime and its repeated targeting of leaders and cadres of the
resistance."
According to Lebanese security officials, al-Laqqis was in
his car at his building's driveway when assassins fired at him. He was rushed
to a nearby hospital where he died of his wounds.
A source close to Hezbollah's secretary general said
al-Laqqis was very close to Hassan Nasrallah. It was further noted that he was
killed not long after Nasrallah's televised speech and that his funeral will
take place in Baalbek on Wednesday.
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