Yedioth Aharonoth: Hizbullah Has Command Posts in Venezuela
Hizbullah has established command posts in Venezuela and sends operatives on intelligence missions to neighboring countries, an Israeli government official told Yedioth Aharonoth.
He said Hizbullah has "invested a lot of time and effort in planning attacks against Israeli or Jewish targets in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Peru."
Many of Hizbullah”s operatives are in industrial zones, particularly those linked to the oil industry, which attracts workers from the Middle East, the paper said.
It said such locations offer a "comfortable front" for Hizbullah, which provides its operatives with fake passports to allow them to work undetected.
Yedioth Aharonoth said Israel”s National Security Council Counter Terrorism bureau issued travel warnings to Israeli businessmen, alerting them of plans by Hizbullah and members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards to kidnap Israeli businessmen visiting Latin American countries and take them to Lebanon.
It said Hizbullah and al-Quds brigade of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have set up dozens of "sleeper cells" worldwide, many disguised as community centers or charity organizations.
Yedioth said the sleeper cells are tasked with providing "immediate response" in the event of a significant Israeli attack against Hizbullah.