Bulgaria’s security services reportedly have discovered the identity of one of the perpetrators of the July bombing in Burgas that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian.
An Iranian lawmaker said that Iran has photos of Israeli military bases and other restricted areas.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kicked off his re-election campaign on Monday, saying Israel had new unspecified \”capabilities\” to act against Iran\’s nuclear threat, an issue he said he had placed at the heart of the global debate.
Iran is providing Hezbollah militants with financing, training and sophisticated weaponry in an attempt to transform Lebanon into an \”outpost for terror,\” Israel\’s U.N. ambassador said on Monday.
The Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Friday it possessed what it called precision rockets that could kill \”tens of thousands\” of Israelis in strikes on Israel.
Tit-for-tat kidnappings by Syrian rebels and Lebanese Shi\’ite gunmen have escalated tensions in Lebanon, where the specter of contagion from Syria\’s conflict is alarming the fractured and war-scarred Mediterranean nation.
Israel Defense Forces officials told cabinet ministers on Monday that should Israel undergo a coordinated missile attack, there would be less than 300 Israeli casualties.
Lebanon\’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged Tuesday for the first time that his militant movement received financial and material support from Iran, but denied it took instructions from the Islamic Republic.
A nuclear-armed Iran could deter Israel from going to war against Tehran\’s guerrilla allies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli general said on Tuesday.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged rhetorical jabs as Ahmadinejad\’s Lebanon tour came within shouting distance of Israel\’s border.
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