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Hizbullah and the Threat from Venezuela

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Report: Hizbullah Setting Up Camp in Venezuela - Shimon Shiffer (Ynet News)
Venezuela has become Hizbullah's major terrorist outpost in South America, according to a senior Israeli official.

Intelligence assessments warn that Hizbullah is investing significant efforts to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli targets and Jewish institutions in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Peru, and are collecting intelligence to this end.

Western counter-terrorism experts warn that Hizbullah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have established special units to kidnap Jewish businessmen from Latin America and to bring them to Lebanon.

See also Hizbullah Sleeper Cells in South, Central America Ready for Action - Ronen Bergman (Ynet News)

Hizbullah's cells in Venezuela are part of its apparatus dedicated to attacks overseas known as the "Special Operations Command."

For years, this apparatus operated under Imad Mugniyah's command and was responsible, among other things, for the bombing of Israel's embassy in Buenos Aires in March 1992 and the bombing of the Jewish community center there in July 1994.

Today, the apparatus is headed by Mugniyah's deputy, Talal Hamiyeh.

The cell that carried out the attacks in Argentina was one of dozens of sleeper cells deployed by Hizbullah and the al-Quds force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards worldwide, including in the U.S. and Europe.
Some of these cells have been disguised as community centers or charity organizations.

In Venezuela, according to Western intelligence officials, Hizbullah cells are mostly found in the centers of the oil industry, which brings in workers from the Middle East.
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Gaza PM: "Hamas Will Never Recognize the Zionist Entity" (IMEMC-PA)
Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh stated Thursday that Hamas will never recognize "the Zionist entity," and would continue the resistance until liberating the land and the holy sites.
Haniyeh said that Hamas will never recognize Israel and "will remain steadfast, protecting the blood of the martyrs."

"The resistance will prevail until liberating the land, until liberating Jerusalem," Haniyeh stated.