Hezbollah Chief Hasan Nasrallah said Monday night the report of German weekly Der Spiegel, which accused Hezbollah of murdering former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, was an Israeli provocation against Shiites, Al-Manar TV reported.
"The report is very, very dangerous," and the accusation is an "act of Israeli provocation against the Shiites," said Nasrallah during a ceremony in the southern suburbs marking the ninth anniversary of Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, Xinhua reported.
The German weekly reported Saturday that the UN commission probing the murder of Sunni Hariri had new evidence that Hezbollah "planned and executed" the Beirut car bombing on Feb. 14, 2005.
"The report is clearly aimed at sowing discord between the country's Sunnis and Shiites," Narsallah said, adding that "the Israelis and the Americans wonder how to scuttle the (Lebanese) elections and influence its outcome, Der Spiegel report was the answer."
The Lebanese general elections on June 7, which will decide who will rule the country for the coming four years, are stimulating a tense competition between the pro-western ruling coalition and the Syria-Iranian-backed Hezbollah-led opposition.
As for the upcoming Israeli military drill, Nasrallah said that Hezbollah along with the Lebanese army would be in a state of alert during the Israeli military maneuvers slated for May 31.
"No one will see our weapons or discover where we are," Nasrallah said. He also told the Israelis during his speech that " if you are stupid enough to enter our land, we will destroy your troops and your army."
However, according to UN Resolution 1701, the Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah, should not be present with their arms in the southern areas which are controlled by UN Interim Forces for Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese army.
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