Posted on 09/22/2020 8:32:26 AM PDT by SJackson
Security sources said the blast had caused a number of injuries.
An arms depot of the Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah exploded in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, a security source said, injuring several people and sending a new shockwave across a nation grappling with its deepest crisis in three decades.
The security source said the arms depot blast, which sent a huge column of black smoke into the sky, was caused by a "technical error."
The al-Manar television station run by Lebanon's Hezbollah said the cause of an explosion in southern Lebanon on Tuesday was not yet clear.
The explosion rocked the village of Ain Qana in south Lebanon, a political stronghold of the heavily armed and politically powerful group which has fought wars with neighboring Israel.
The blast has further rattled a nation grappling with its worst crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war and still reeling from a devastating explosion at Beirut port that ripped through the capital, killing at least 190 people.
Since the Beirut blast on Aug. 4, subsequent fires at the port and elsewhere in the capital have caused panic in Beirut and the country, whose economy is in meltdown.
Another security source said Hezbollah had set up a security cordon around the blast site, about 50 km (30 miles) south of Beirut. Journalists were prevented from approaching the area.
There was no immediate statement from Hezbollah. Security sources said there were several injuries without giving figures.
A witness near the village said they felt the ground shake.
Footage from the area broadcast by Al-Jadeed showed men walking over scorched ground littered with debris. Damage was shown in an adjacent house where the floor was covered in glass and what appeared to be a pool of blood.
At least one fire was still burning in the location, the footage showed.
Another one? Ok, this is not coincidence. I smell Mossad at work...
War is looming, Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
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Lots of "technical errors" lately
“Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less.”
It’s getting harder to make war these days.
The “technical error” was downloading some porn with an Israeli virus in it...
Goat porn is a real issue over there.
Perhaps the "technical error" was a weakness in their security which was exploited by another party???
Or maybe it is just a fundamental lack of training. Of course if they go and train it a) uses up resources / ordnance, b) other parties tend to notice said training and take interest in the participants, their locations, etc.
“Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three.”
I suspect that it was not Mossad... but another Arab actor working with Mossad to rid themselves of Hezbollah and the Palestinians.
pour it on!
Thanks, Ben, well done!
Ooops
“How many times am I to be telling you, Walid, there is to be no smoking in the SRBM warehouse!”
Dang, I remember when Beirut was a nice safe place to live, peaceful, you could walk downtown without trouble and leave your carbombs unlocked.../s
Whatever happened to David Caruso?
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