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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Accuses Hezbollah of Trying to Hack UN Lebanon Peacekeepers

UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) stand near a UN vehicle in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, Oct. 14, 2020. (Reuters)

Israel accused the Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah party on Wednesday of conducting a cyber operation designed to disrupt a UN peacekeeping mission on the border between the countries, and threatened harsh Israeli retaliation against enemy hackers.

The allegation - to which there was no immediate response from Beirut, Tehran or the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) - came as Israeli-Iranian tensions soar.

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