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A Hezbollah cell leader captured in the Sinai admitted to plotting three suicide attacks against Israeli tourists inside Egypt. Sami Shihab, the cell leader, said the attacks were to be carried out simultaneously and were designed to avenge the death of former Hezbollah military commander Imad Mugniyah.

The assassination of military commander Imad Mugniyah was facilitated by the interrogation of Hezbollah operative Ali Moussa Daqduq, who was captured in Iraq in 2007. The interrogation revealed Mugniyah’s operating habits and close contacts. Israeli intelligence executed the attack after finding out Mugniyah was going to attend a party without his usual security detachment.

An Egyptian official said Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s attack against Egypt is proof he “takes orders from Tehran.” The leader of the Lebanese Forces hit back at Nasrallah for his inquiry on four kidnapped Iranian diplomats. Samir Geagea said Nasrallah is the legitimate representative of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Lebanon.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Israel’s Mossad was behind the 2008 assassination of Imad Mugniyah, Hezbollah’s military leader. Cyprus reportedly detained an Iranian ship carrying arms believed to be destined for Hezbollah or Hamas. The ship was en route to Syria.