Azerbaijan Thwarts Hizbullah Plot to Blow up Israeli Embassy
Azerbaijani authorities have thwarted a plot by Hizbullah to bomb the Israeli embassy in Baku, the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Watan reported on Monday.
It quoted well-informed Russian sources as saying Azerbaijan”s security apparatus thwarted Hizbullah”s alleged plot which aimed at avenging the killing of the Shiite group”s military commander Imad Mughniyeh in a car bombing in Damascus last February.
Hizbullah has accused Israel of involvement in Mughniyeh”s murder but the Jewish State has denied the charge.
After Mughniyeh”s murder, Israeli embassies worldwide went on alert and Israeli authorities advised Jewish institutions across the globe to be vigilant.
The same sources said that Egypt uncovered a Hizbullah cell that was preparing an attack on Israeli targets in Sinai. The ring leader was reportedly a Lebanese while the cell members were Palestinians.
Al-Watan said Baku recently announced that it thwarted a large-scale plot by an extremist group aimed at targeting foreign embassies and institutions.
According to the daily, Azerbaijani authorities said they arrested the cell members, including a former officer, and seized weapons from them.