Russia is concerned about the developments in Lebanon, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday, calling the mass detonation of pagers a new type of terrorist act and use of technology.
"This is a completely new type of terrorist act, which combines both such a scale and such an application of new technologies, seemingly of a civilian nature, but used for terrorist purposes," Zakharova told a briefing.
Russia is concerned about the development of events in Lebanon, where tensions have been escalating for several days, Zakharova said.
"We are deeply concerned about the dangerous development of events in the Republic of Lebanon. Let me remind you that on September 19, Israeli aviation carried out a series of massive strikes on a number of areas in southern Lebanon, before that, for two consecutive days, on September 17 and 18, Lebanon was subjected to unprecedented terrorist attacks, they had the character of cyberattacks," she said during the briefing.
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Israel played a role in manufacturing the pagers that exploded among Hezbollah operatives this week, ABC News reported, citing a US intelligence source.
ReplyDeleteThe report said that this type of “supply chain interdiction” operation had been in the works for at least 15 years.
The CIA has been hesitant to employ such tactics due to the high risk of collateral damage to innocent people, the source added.
Захарова прокомментировала события в Ливане: "Совершенно новый вид террористического акта"
ReplyDeleteЗахарова: взрывы в Ливане - новый вид теракта
ReplyDelete"Это совершенно новый вид террористического акта, который сочетает в себе и такой масштаб, и такое применение новых технологий вроде бы гражданской направленности, но используемых в террористических целях", — сказала она.
Rusia califica de "nuevo método terrorista" las explosiones de equipos electrónicos en el Líbano
ReplyDeleteEl Ministerio de Exteriores de Rusia calificó de "nuevo método terrorista" las explosiones masivas de los dispositivos buscapersonas en el Líbano, atribuidas a Israel.
"Es un tipo completamente nuevo de acto terrorista que combina gran magnitud y el empleo de las nuevas tecnologías de uso civil, pero utilizadas con fines terroristas", expresó la portavoz de la institución, María Zajárova, en declaraciones a la prensa al margen del Foro Euroasiático de Mujeres que alberga la ciudad de San Petersburgo del 18 al 20 de septiembre.