Hizbullah called off a plot to assassinate a senior Israeli official because it did not want to distract from the flotilla crisis, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai reported Tuesday morning.
The newspaper did not state where the assassination was to take place but reported that the official was told by Israel to return home immediately to deal with the international condemnation of Israel following the flotilla incident.
The Hizbullah terrorist organization, headed by Hassan Nasrallah, reportedly called off the plot at the last minute to take advantage of the initial pro-Arab sentiment following the May 31 clash between Turkish terror activists and Navy commandos.
However, Israel has been attractting more support after several videos taken on board the Mavi Marmara ship clearly revealed that the Turkish passengers organized a pre-mediated assault on the Navy commandos.
Al Rai also reported that Hizbullah has prepared a war plan to be executed in the event that Israel tries to assassinate Nasrallah or his senior terrorist leaders. “Any such attempt [by Israel] will be considered a declaration of war and will result in hundreds of missiles falling on Gush Dan,” the Hebrew term for metropolitan Tel Aviv, according to a terrorist spokesman quoted by the newspaper.
Nasrallah’s senior terrorist mastermind Imad Mughniyeh was assassinated more than two years in a Damascus parking lot. Israel has been accused of carrying out the operation but has not acknowledged responsibility.