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In the same year (2015) in May, the Cyprus security services thwarted a possible attack by seizing a shipment of approximately 420 boxes of ammonium nitrate belonging to Hezbollah militants.
This was not an exceptional case, as in January 2012, the Thai authorities seized 290 liters of ammonium nitrate and arrested people involved in the Hezbollah-related affair.
According to a definition in Wikipedia, ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula NH4NO3, which is in the form of colorless crystals that easily liquefy when in contact with air. Due to its high nitrogen content, ammonium nitrate is used in fertilizers (nitrogen fertilizers).
Due to its ability to agglomerate, it is always present as a mixture, often with ammonium sulfate or calcium salts.
It is also used in the manufacture of bombs and explosives that are used in mines, as it ignites easily due to the presence of abundant oxygen in the particles.
Terrorist groups became aware of this material and its ability to destroy it and use it in making bombs, as well as being a cheap material compared to other highly explosive materials and it is also easy to import in the form of fertilizer.
The Beirut port explosion also triggered the memory of activists on social media, so in the midst of the tragedy they recalled an old video clip dating from 2016 showing the Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, threatening to blow up containers. of ammonia at the port of Haifa in Israel, according to a CNN report. ‘An American.
Speaking of the deterrent force now possessed by Hezbollah, Nasrallah said: “Some of our missiles, in addition to the ammonia containers in the port of Haifa, are the result of a nuclear bomb in an area inhabited by 800 thousand people, of which which tens of thousands die “.
At the time, Israel quickly evacuated the ammonia container depots from the port of Haifa, fearing they would be attacked by Hezbollah.
On a general reading of all these indicators combined, it does not appear that Hezbollah is beyond the reach of suspicion in the Black Tuesday tragedy, which is expected to enter Lebanon through a dark tunnel.
