infolivetvenglish on 5 Aug 2011 - A bombing in a Beirut suburb last Friday was an Israeli attempt to assassinate Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah the Kuwaiti daily al-Jareeda reported.
Unnamed sources told the daily Israel received information of plans by Nasrallah to meet with senior officials in the southern Beirut suburb, including Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar who was freed by Israel in a Hezbollah prisoner swap.
A number of Hezbollah members are believed to have been injured in the blast but there is no confirmation concerning whether Nasrallah was also injured, the Kuwaiti daily said.
One of those believed to have been injured is Mustafa Badr al-Din a senior Hezbollah official wanted by the Special Tribunal in Lebanon investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Many rumors circulated in Beirut after the blast which Hezbollah maintained was caused by a gas leak and secured the site barring police or military officials from approaching.
