Journalist George Haya, one of the harshest critics of Hezbollah leaders, was warned in a handwritten note that the terrorist organization might try to assassinate him.
The warning was based on information intercepted by a foreign intelligence agency which passed the matter to the relevant authorities in Argentina, who at the same time opened an investigation into the threats.
"We have information indicating that you may be the target of an attack by Lebanese Hezbollah. We do not have information or details about the location, exact target, location, figures or method of operation," read a message sent to Haya, an expert and columnist on terrorism and the Arab world on the site. Infobae in Spanish.
"Israel Today" spoke with the reporter who said that his condition was good but at this stage he chose not to give statements to the media.
Haya, a Buenos Aires native, moved with his family to Lebanon at the age of two. He is one of Hezbollah's most ardent critics and leader, Said Hassan Nasrallah, and attacks the organization for His policy in the land of cedars.
The incident takes place at a sensitive time and in the midst of an affair that attracted international attention and centered on an alleged Venezuelan plane that landed in Buenos Aires on June 6, when the crew included 14 Venezuelans and five Iranian citizens, including the physical Golmarza pilot, a former Revolutionary Guards officer today. ".
At the same time, alongside the growing fear in Argentina and South America, the travel warning to Israeli citizens in Istanbul remained in place, as I recall for fear of an Iranian revenge attack in the immediate term.
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