The Lebanese Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday that it had thwarted plans for 3 bombing attacks, which a network linked to the Islamic State was coordinating to carry out simultaneously against religious centers in the southern suburbs of Beirut;
Hezbollah stronghold.
Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said - in a press conference - that the security forces had arrested a "terrorist group" whose members were Palestinians (the number was not specified) that was recruiting young people to carry out suicide operations with explosive belts and rocket-propelled grenades, to target 3 sites of civilian gatherings in Lebanon.
Mololi added that the Information Division (Internal Security Intelligence) thwarted a terrorist plan of the Takfiri network, which includes the implementation of large explosive operations with explosive belts and missiles, which would cause many victims.
The Minister of Interior and Municipalities congratulated the #security_forces on the great achievement and the qualitative proactive work to thwart the plans of the infidel networks.
pic.twitter.com/7N42WwfD9j
- Internal Security Forces (@LebISF) February 23, 2022
The Ministry of the Interior showed a video clip on the details of the security operation to dismantle the network, since its launch from the "Ain al-Hilweh" camp for Palestinian refugees in Sidon (south), all the way to the Saadiyat area south of Beirut.
In 2015, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for a double suicide bombing in Beirut's southern suburbs that killed more than 40 people.
In the summer of 2017, the Lebanese army fought a battle called the "Dawn of the Outskirts" against ISIS, and "liberated" the eastern regions bordering with Syria.