“Israel will hit terror nests around world”

TEL AVIV In unusually tough remarks, Israeli President Shimon Peres responded on Thursday to a terrorist attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria. He said that Israel would hit terror nests around world. “Israel will hit terror nests around world” “We were witnesses to a deadly terror attack coming out of Iran. We know there were other attempts, and this time they succeeded. Israel has the means and the will to silence and paralyze terror organizations," Peres stressed. Six Israelis, a Bulgarian bus driver and a suicide bomber were killed in the attack in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Burgas on Wednesday. Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman told Israel Radio on Thursday that Israel had solid information that Hezbollah, in close cooperation with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out the terror attack in Burgas. Liberman’s statement therefore backs Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s claims that Hezbollah attacked the Israelis under Iran’s patronage. According to Liberman, Israel's information identifies with certainty and beyond all doubt the Iranian fingerprint on the attack, but did not specify any further. “Iran and Hezbollah have not stopped operating against Israel for a moment,” he added. Israeli opposition leader Shelly Yechimovich responded to the "murderous terror attack" in Bulgaria on Wednesday, saying "there is no doubt that the instability in the region is spawned by Iran aiming especially for Israelis and Jews throughout the world." She added that “Israeli security forces have succeeded to prevent several attempted attacks targeted at traveling Israelis in recent months." "Unfortunately, today in Bulgaria we were forced again to cope with terror operations," Yechimovich said. Shimon Peres (Beta, file) Tanjug

“Israel will hit terror nests around world”

“We were witnesses to a deadly terror attack coming out of Iran. We know there were other attempts, and this time they succeeded. Israel has the means and the will to silence and paralyze terror organizations," Peres stressed.

Six Israelis, a Bulgarian bus driver and a suicide bomber were killed in the attack in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Burgas on Wednesday.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman told Israel Radio on Thursday that Israel had solid information that Hezbollah, in close cooperation with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out the terror attack in Burgas. Liberman’s statement therefore backs Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s claims that Hezbollah attacked the Israelis under Iran’s patronage.

According to Liberman, Israel's information identifies with certainty and beyond all doubt the Iranian fingerprint on the attack, but did not specify any further.

“Iran and Hezbollah have not stopped operating against Israel for a moment,” he added.

Israeli opposition leader Shelly Yechimovich responded to the "murderous terror attack" in Bulgaria on Wednesday, saying "there is no doubt that the instability in the region is spawned by Iran aiming especially for Israelis and Jews throughout the world."

She added that “Israeli security forces have succeeded to prevent several attempted attacks targeted at traveling Israelis in recent months."

"Unfortunately, today in Bulgaria we were forced again to cope with terror operations," Yechimovich said.