Report: IS Planned to Rock Dahiyeh and Hizbullah's Morale
Investigations being run with detained Islamic State group militants have shown that the IS had plans to carry out three massive attacks in Lebanon during the holy month of Ramadan and that one of the schemes was to target the southern suburbs of Beirut with 3 tons of explosives in a suicide attack that would "shake the esteem of Hizbullah's leadership", al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.
The IS planned to carry out “centralized and quality” operations in each of the attacks with the aim of striking a blow to the economic sector and social environment, added the daily.
According to information, the attack against Dahiyeh planned to impact the social environment of Hizbullah as well as its security leadership because it designed to send the explosives in an ambulance to ward off suspicions and facilitate the passage of the vehicle into the depth of the area.
Streets leading into powerful Hizbullah's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut are mostly cordoned off, as guards in civilian clothes search cars.
Media reports say that such measures reinforce the fortress-like image of the southern suburbs, where the Lebanese army and police rarely venture.
The daily pointed to another terror scheme that was to launch a major suicide attack against the Casino Du Liban to disable an important sector within the wealth and economic sources of the tourist country.
Attacking a densely populated street in Beirut with many cafes and restaurants, the goal of which if to hit the tourist life in the country, according to the daily.
Source: Naharnet
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