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In his speech to the General Assembly, Netanyahu showed maps that were said to show the missiles being stored next to a gas station and a residential building in the Jnah district of southern Beirut. He also showed photographs that were allegedly taken by the Israeli intelligence service. One photo showed the entrance to what he said was a missile factory.
“This is where the next explosion will take place, right here,” Netanyahu said.
Call to the Lebanese people
The Israeli Prime Minister called on the Lebanese people to act and protest. “… because if this explodes, we will face a new tragedy.”
In early August, a powerful explosion shook the port of Beirut. Almost 200 people were killed and 300,000 made homeless when 2,750 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate centrally stored in the port was detonated. Ammonium nitrate that can be used both as a fertilizer and in pumps had been stored in the port of Beirut for years.
Hezbollah: lies
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered a televised speech Tuesday night in which he dismissed Netanyahu’s accusations as lies.
“We do not store missiles near the port or near gas stations. We know how to store missiles,” Nasrallah said.
“Recently, the enemy’s prime minister spoke in a speech directly to the United Nations and said things with the aim of pitting the Lebanese against Hezbollah as usual,” Nasrallah said.
The Iranian-backed Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah has great political power in Lebanon and, together with its allies, has a majority in the Lebanese parliament. The armed wing of the movement is participating in the war in neighboring Syria from Lebanon. Hezbollah is marked as terror by Germany, Britain and the United States, among others.
