Israeli President Isaac Herzog said according to American media that Israel does not want war with Lebanon.
President of Israel Isaac Herzog dispute Sky News according to Israel’s involvement in this week’s explosions of paging devices and other technical devices.
Thousands of paging devices exploded at the same time in Lebanon at the beginning of the week. The explosions killed at least 12 people and injured nearly 3,000. The extremist organization Hezbollah said that its fighters were killed in the explosions.
On Tuesday, the Lebanese government’s information minister and Hezbollah blamed Israel for the explosions. Also a US magazine New York Times said, based on his sources, that Israel is behind the explosions.
Herzog denied the claims on Sunday. The Israeli president hinted that Hezbollah has several enemies who could be behind the attack.
– We are only defending ourselves, that’s all, Herzog said.
Herzog also said that Israel does not want a full-scale war with Lebanon.
The situation in the Middle East has recently become more tense. Israel is still waging war in the Gaza Strip. In addition to that, Israel and Lebanon have recently been firing rockets at each other. Israel said on Sunday that more than a hundred rockets were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel early Sunday morning.