Report: Blast at Hezbollah munitions warehouse
Report: Blast at Hezbollah munitions warehouse – Israel News, Ynetnews.
Explosion occurs in area where storing arms is forbidden according to UN Resolution 1701
Roee Nahmias
A massive explosion rocked a Hezbollah stronghold near Siddiqin in the southern coastal city of Tyre in southern Lebanon overnight Wednesday, a security source told The Daily Star. There were no reports of injuries.
Local media said the explosion likely took place at a Hezbollah arms cache.
The source told the Lebanese newspaper that the cause of the blast could not be determined because Hezbollah cordoned off the area.
Lebanese security forces were unable to access the scene of the explosion after the Shiite group set up a security perimeter around the blast site, which is located in a baron valley called Wadi Al-Jabal al-Kabir between Siddiqin and Deir Ames, the source added.
The blast occurred in an area that is under UN control. According to UN Resolution 1701, which ended the Second Lebanon War, Hezbollah is forbidden from storing arms in this region. A UNIFIL team is expected to launch an investigation into the explosion.
UN peacekeepers stationed in southern Lebanon told The Daily Star that they heard about the explosion on the news. “We have no information at the moment. We are checking this report,” UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti was quoted as saying.
Hezbollah declined comment on reports of an explosion.
Not first time
About a year ago a number of explosions shook Hezbollah weapons caches in Lebanon. The blasts were believed to be the result of faulty maintenance.
A week ago two explosions hit an alcohol shop and a hotel in Tyre before dawn, causing damage but no injuries.
The explosion at the Queen Elissa hotel shattered glass and hurled debris into the street, damaging cars including two belonging to the United Nations UNIFIL force deployed to keep peace near the frontier with Israel.
An army source said the shop and hotel appeared to have been chosen because they sold alcohol, not because of any link to the peacekeeping force.
Alcohol is forbidden by Islam but legal in Lebanon which has a large Christian community. Shops selling it have come under attack in the past by militants.
Two roadside bombs in May and July wounded six French UNIFIL soldiers and six Italians, prompting Italy to announce it would reduce its peacekeeping contingent in Lebanon.
Reuters contributed to the report
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