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An explosion of Hezbollah arms depot rocks south Lebanon

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A large explosion rocked a village in southern Lebanon Friday, according to a Lebanese security source.

The explosion took place inside the village of Shehabiyeh , near the border with Israel.

According to a witness, the sounds of further blasts continue to be heard in Shehabiyeh , as ambulances and firefighters were rushing to the area of the initial blast.

Preliminary reports from security sources in southern Lebanon said the house that seems to be the center of the blast belongs to a Hezbollah member and might have been an arms depot.

Hezbollah said the Lebanese army opened an investigation into the Shehabiyeh “fire” and denied any casualties in the blaze

Lebanese army troops are said to have cordoned off all areas leading to the village.

Lebanese soldiers secure the area at the site of explosion, in the southern Shehabiyeh village, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.

Shehabiyyah is 15 kilometers ( about 10 miles) east of the southern port town of Tyre. The area is under the control of United Nations troops and Lebanese soldiers and is supposed to be free of weapons, in accordance to UN resolution 1701, which ended 33 days of war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006.

Israel has regularly demanded that the UN investigate several explosions in southern Lebanon last year. Israel argues those blasts prove that munitions were being stockpiled in violation of a truce.

On Friday the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) distributed photos which it said had been taken by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the site of the explosion , adding that it was uninvolved in the explosion.

The explosion was reportedly the result of a fire that spread to a building and detonated eight rocket shells, several hand grenades, and two gas containers, Reuters news agency quoted an anonymous security source as saying on Friday.

The IDF said the photos showed that a “very large” amount of explosives had gone off, according to local reports

UNIFIL spokesman Neeraj Singh commented on the incident by saying:” We are coordinating with the Lebanese army and we have sent patrols to the location of the explosion in Shehabiyeh.”

Future News reported that at least two people were wounded in the Shehabiyeh explosion.

Firefighters had reportedly extinguished the blaze at the suspected weapons depot as UNIFIL helicopters hovered overhead.

According to VOL the 3-floor building in Shehabiyeh is owned by a man from the Salloum family.

No longer serve Lebanon’s interest

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said today that Hezbollah’s arms in their current location and form no longer serve Lebanon’s interest.

The weapons “serve other interests. ” Geagea told a delegation from the Popular University in Jbeil.

“As far as we know the resistance should be in occupied territories. Is Beirut occupied?” Geagea asked.

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16 responses to “An explosion of Hezbollah arms depot rocks south Lebanon”

  1. Leb-Syrian Avatar
    Leb-Syrian

    When it rains it pours, lol

  2. PROPHET Avatar
    PROPHET

    HAS ANY ONE NOTICECED THAT WHEN EVER NASEALLA IS ABOUT TO SPEAK, SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN TO DISTRACT PEOPLE FROM THE MESSEGE OF HIS SPEECH?LAST TIME IT WAS THE INCIDENT WITH THE AHBASH, TODAY SOME FIRE OR EXPLOSION IN TH SOUTH. LET’S WATCH FOR NEXT TIME,LOL

  3. Tony A Avatar
    Tony A

    maybe the heat blows these tihngs up so, my advice is air conditioners please 🙂

    keep the weapons cooooool

  4. Elie Avatar
    Elie

    you are the prophet you should tell us those things before they happen

  5. PROPHET Avatar
    PROPHET

    I could tell you were not paying attention. I did tell everyone last time , that next time He speaks something will happen to distract people, and I just warned everyone for next time, stay tuned,lol

  6. Elie Avatar
    Elie

    I am new to this BS on the computer.

    I am sorry I started it and you won’t be hearing from me the next 5 weeks.

  7. moustapha Avatar
    moustapha

    hehe.. bess with all due respect his message is always the same bro.

    “we (the so called resistance) are free of judgment and accountability and are above everything and everyone in Lebanon.. so in case you want another event that took place in 2008 watch what you say.”

    But i will keep that in mind for his next speech which i think should is scheduled after Ramadan. Allah yikhtam hal shahir 3ala khair ou yihdeena jami3an.

    Peace

    1. PROPHET Avatar
      PROPHET

      Mustapha,

      You take everything I say too seriously my bro,lol. I was just messing with someone,lol

      Ramada karim bro, and happy eid to you and to your family bro,

      1. moustapha Avatar
        moustapha

        LOL! my bad bro.. your right its a LABOR day weekend here in the US. Hope you have a great 3 day weekend and in these last 10 days of ramamdan i pray that Gods blessings are upon you and your family.

        Breath of fresh air you are bro. and you put a smile on my face with your comment =)

  8. PROPHET Avatar
    PROPHET

    lol Elie. Don’t be sorry man. Don’t take things too seriously. Have fun where ever you are going. We can disagree on politics, but no hard feelingS buddy. The warlords who killed thousands of us are kissing and hugging each other all the time. We are just bunch of miserable Lebanese who love our country, and there fore we fight it out peacefully here,

  9. LEBSTER Avatar
    LEBSTER

    It’s the Zionists who did it. I blame them…How could a weapons depot blow up by itself? We have qualified people working there, like abou khara and abou zeft who know what they are doing!!!!

  10. George Haddad N.J Avatar
    George Haddad N.J

    I know what some people might say, but this definitely helps israelis case against hezbollah by telling the UN. Look you keep saying we’re not following the rules of un resolution 1701 but the reasons we’re flying because of this one too many situations. So what’s hezbollah doing storing weapons and explosives in populated area? this kind of expose them for sure. But i really doubt they care anyway.

  11. PROPHET Avatar
    PROPHET

    George,

    THE DAY ISRAEL RESPECTS 1701, THEN YOU CAN ASK LEBANON TO RESPECT IT. WHEN HA SAYS WE’RE READY TO DEFEND ANY ISRAELI AGRESSION, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO USE AS WREPONS? DO YOU REALLY THINK THEY ARE KEEPING EVERYTHING BEYOND LITANI RIVER?WHEN HA SAID THEY WERE READY TO HELP THE ARMY WITH ADAYSSE INCEDENT, DO YOU THINK THEY HAD TO TRAVEL FROM BEYOND THE LITANI? I hope you are not serious. if you want to score a point, I will let it go. lol

  12. PROPHET Avatar
    PROPHET

    I wasn’t yelling George, parden the cap.lol

  13. joey Avatar
    joey

    prophet do you thing the israels don;t know thats he is stoaring rockets everywhere but they are not botthered about it because anything happen lebanon gonna pay a heavy price as usuall andthey thing will get brush under the carpet by saying if i know the israels responds was gonna be this big i woundn;t do it

  14. VOICE OF TRUTH Avatar
    VOICE OF TRUTH

    israel violates lebanon’s airspace continuously and contracts spies by the dozens to monitor all activities in lebanon.

    hezballah has been receiving from iran for quite some time and stock piling, weapons and rockets throughtout lebanon.

    hezballah’s actions contradict the inter lebanese taef agreement and at least 2 un resolutions namely 1559 and the 1701 thus slowly but surely alienating the majority of the lebanese and the world community.

    lebanon is caught in a catch 22 situation: hezballah will never stop arming himself as long as israel keeps its overflights across lebanon’s skies and israel will never stop its overflights unless hezballah is disarmed.

    so where do we go from here?

    if these violations continue from both sides for a while the united nations might decide out of desperation to withdraw the unifil all together from lebanon, since no one is abiding by any of its resolutions.

    if this scenario god forbids happened, the whole region will be a free for all no holds barr bloody arena and the smallest incident at the border could quickly degenerate out of proportions.

    despite all hezballah’s preparations, mobilization and war rethoric and even after taking into consideration their rockets’ arsenal, nothing will hold the israelis back in any ensuing all out war, thus the probability of total annihilation of lebanon would become very real.

    in this eventuality, no nation on earth will venture anymore to mediate a cease fire in such a conflict between lebanon and israel if hezballah is still around.

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