Suleiman: Tel Aviv behind Katyusha attack on “Israel”

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman charged Tel Aviv with a Katyusha-type rocket attack on the "Israeli" eastern town of Kiryat Shmona calling it a Zionist attempt to keep tensions high in Middle East.

In an interview with the Lebanese Al Akhbar newspaper on Thursday, Suleiman said the rocket "is an excuse for "Israel" to keep violating Lebanon's sovereignty and immediately use it to continue its intelligence activity in Lebanon due to Hizbullah's presence."

The Lebanese leader explained that the rocket attack from Lebanon served "Israeli" interests and noted that the one who launched it was an "Israeli" agent. "Therefore, I do not rule out the possibility that "Israel" is the one behind the Katyusha attack," he said.

"I believe that "Israel" must deal with the main problem, which is expressed in its attacks on Al Quds (Jerusalem) and Gaza, its rejection of the right of return, the continued construction in settlements, and the restoration of rights to their owners."

Suleiman, meanwhile, stressed that Lebanon does not serve as a platform to violate the UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the Second Lebanon war." I said this during my last visit to south Lebanon. I stressed that we will not allow anybody to violate the international resolution," he concluded.

"Israel" has been openly running intelligence operations inside the Lebanese territory and has been violating Lebanon's sovereignty continuously. It has also boasted that as long as Hizbullah is part of the Lebanese government, it will continue running such provocative operations against its northern neighbor.