By Xinhua,
Beirut : Terrorists have been preparing sabotage attacks in Lebanon, including assaults on UN peacekeepers, local As Safir daily reported on Monday.
Lebanese army reinforced security measures around Palestinian camps in the north and south of the country, after some Islamist officials in the southern city of Sidon received information that a “sleeping cell” based in Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian camp was instructed to leave to Iraq, said the report.
The information also coincided with reports obtained by the Lebanese intelligence and other security leadership as well as the command of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) about preparations underway by terrorist rings in some areas and in Palestinian refugee camps for operations targeting “some UNIFIL patrols.”
The report added that the suicide bomber killed Saturday by the Lebanese army at the entrance of Ain el-Hilweh camp was probably a senior Islamist with a Gulf nationality.
The suicide bomber, wrapping himself with an explosive belt, was shot dead as he approached an army checkpoint at the entrance of Ain el-Hilweh camp in the south on Saturday.
Currently, there are about 13,000 troops serving in UNIFIL to join a similar number of Lebanese army troops deploying in the south of the country.