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Hezbollah terror chief Imad Mughniyah. (Archives) Last update - 10:07 19/03/2008 Security forces fear double Hezbollah revenge attack in Israel, abroad By Amos Harel and Jonathan Lis , Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, Syria, Iran  Security forces are on high alert in Israel and at Israeli and Jewish institutions abroad before the end of the 40-day mourning period for Hezbollah terror chief Imad Mughniyah, who was assassinated in Damascus last month. A full closure was imposed on the West Bank as of last night. Iran and Hezbollah blame Israel for the February 12 assassination, and Hezbollah has threatened revenge attacks in Israel. The mourning period ends on Sunday. In the past, extremist Islamic organizations have launched revenge attacks at the end of the mourning period. Israeli military officials are particularly concerned about possible simultaneous attacks in Israel and on Israeli diplomatic offices and Jewish institutions abroad. Security at many Israeli diplomatic missions has been tightened in response. Advertisement Security officials say that Hezbollah wants to "reset the balance of terror vis-a-vis Israel to zero" in the wake of Mughniyah's death, to deter Israel from future attacks on Hezbollah's leaders. To do this, the organization would have to carry out a major attack that would draw international attention. Israel's intelligence community has gained possession of fragments of information hinting at plans for a Hezbollah revenge attack in coordination with Iran and Syria. Although this intelligence is partial and unfocused, it was enough to send into high alert troops of the Israel Defense Forces at the northern border. After consulting with security officials, Defense Minister Ehud Barak issued a total closure on the West Bank that went into effect at midnight last night and will remain in place until Sunday night. In addition to fears of an attempt to avenge Mughniyah's death, Barak cited the large number of terror attacks and attempted attacks in recent years around the Purim holiday. The Israel Police are to go on heightened alert from tomorrow. On Monday, when schools reopen after the Purim vacation, the alert level is expected to return to normal levels. National Police Commissioner David Cohen ordered the threat level raised to three, one below the highest level, with special attention given to places of entertainment and public gathering spots. Related articles: Slain Jihad operative's son: My entire family has turned Hezbollah Hezbollah: We're ready for war with Israel, but we won't start it Police to beef up forces over Purim, fearing Hezbollah strike Bookmark to del.icio.us   Declassifying AIPAC Two former pro-Israel lobbyists charged with revealing secret info. to Israeli diplomats. Jersualem pilgrimage Christian pilgrims flock to Holy City to mark Good Friday and retrace the route of Jesus.   1.   "Israel`s intelligence community" 07:44  |  Natallie Durson 19/03/08   2.   Fear, hints - 07:56  |  English Resident 19/03/08   3.   Hezbollah should teach Israel a very harsh... 08:44  |  Dutch Dirk 19/03/08   4.   Revenge which is not in reality revenge 08:47  |  Proud Israeli 19/03/08   5.   Who lives by the sword 09:11  |  Steve the Pals. 19/03/08   6.   DON`T KILL PEOPLE 09:31  |  indrajaya 19/03/08   7.   Does it really matter who will shoot first? 09:57  |  ZAXTER 19/03/08   8.   Did not Israel bomb Syria without reason? 10:01  |  Paul Wood 19/03/08   9.   I like those "Dutch" "3, "Americans", "Kiwis", etc... 10:05  |  S 19/03/08   10.   Hollandse Dirk 10:22  |  DM 19/03/08   11.   Scared? 10:33  |  Yonele 19/03/08   12.   #4 Proud Israeli 10:35  |  Paul Wood 19/03/08   13.   #3 dutch dirk has one side to his brain ! 10:36  |  v ictor hardman 19/03/08   14.   POOR ISRAEL !!! 10:41  |  Samy 19/03/08   15.   Dutch Kirk 10:44  |  Moonir 19/03/08   16.   S #9 11:00  |  TonyL 19/03/08   17.   #12 Paul Wood is an ignoramus 11:13  |  Proud Israeli 19/03/08   18.   Paul Wood 11:16  |  DM 19/03/08   19.   Hezbollah`s Retaliation is to Deny Israel Lebanon`s Water 11:18  |  Lev Bronstein 19/03/08   20.   Samy #14 11:19  |  TonyL 19/03/08   21.   Well, u started it Israel & Hezbollah`s too dangerous to scratch! 11:26  |  Samuel 19/03/08   22.   #14 Sammy, good post, keep it up! 11:29  |  Nedal 19/03/08   23.   #14 11:32  |  Andy 19/03/08   24.   #17 Proud Israeli 11:33  |  Paul Wood 19/03/08   25.   natalie 11:34  |  Dutch 19/03/08   26.   #18 DM 11:38  |  Paul Wood 19/03/08   27.   #19 11:38  |  Uzi 19/03/08   28.   Samy #14, sorry I misspelled your name in my previous post. 11:39  |  Nedal 19/03/08   29.   Revenge attack 11:48  |  Juan 19/03/08   30.   THEY STILL DIDNT TAKE THE REVANGE, RIGHT ? 11:50  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 19/03/08   31.   Paul Wood 11:55  |  DM 19/03/08   32.   Indrajaya 12:00  |  Yosemite 19/03/08   33.   24 Paul Wood 12:02  |  George 19/03/08   34.   # 14 12:03  |  DM 19/03/08   35.   you are all "SPECIAL" 12:23  |  Steve 19/03/08   36.   We are in a war between civilizations. 12:31  |  Jean Van Daem 19/03/08   37.   Luckily, we are not you, Samy of LA 12:36  |  Romano 19/03/08   38.   #32 George 12:37  |  Paul Wood 19/03/08   39.   #24 Paul Wood 12:40  |  Sarah 19/03/08   40.   # 35, STEVE 12:47  |  indrajaya 19/03/08   41.   israel started it 12:50  |  VIPER 19/03/08   42.   #39 Sarah 13:02  |  Paul Wood 19/03/08   43.   An educated guess of what`s coming up: If PFLP had managed ... 13:05  |  Nedal 19/03/08   44.   #31 DM 13:11  |  Paul Wood 19/03/08   45.   proud israeli re; wood ,viper dutch 13:12  |  danny 19/03/08   46.   #42 Paul Wood 13:22  |  Sarah 19/03/08   47.   #40 13:25  |  Steve 19/03/08   48.   Jean van Daem, very predictable propaganda- article 13:28  |  Mark B. 19/03/08   49.   #19 trotsky writes his memoirs from the volga ! 13:42  |  v hardman 19/03/08   50.   Israel has Created This Fear 13:47  |  Yaakov Sullivan 19/03/08   51.   Paul Wood 14:01  |  DM 19/03/08   52.   #46 Sarah 14:01  |  Paul Wood 19/03/08   53.   Paul Wood 14:08  |  DM 19/03/08   54.   Hezbollah terror chief Imad Mughniyah, 14:17  |  David Cohen 19/03/08   55.   #51 DM`s selective use of the facts 14:21  |  Paul Wood 19/03/08   56.   Hezbollah Revenge Attack 14:23  |  Martin 19/03/08   57.   "Israel`s intelligence community" 14:35  |  Alan 19/03/08   58.   Martin of J`berg 14:36  |  David Cameroon 19/03/08   59.   Hezbollah Revenge Attack 14:55  |  Martin 19/03/08   60.   We were duped into believing that Obama was a decent man! 15:29  |  C. Ortonia 19/03/08   61.   State Intelligence ..... 16:16  |  Samuel 19/03/08   62.   bollocks 16:30  |  pitcher 19/03/08   63.   Duch Dork#3 16:31  |  Mickey 19/03/08   64.   # 19. Lev Bronstein. You have no idea... 16:56  |  Stephen. 19/03/08   65.   #24 Paul Wood. You are going a bit insane? 17:02  |  Stephen. 19/03/08   66.   Agree with 14 17:11  |  Alain 19/03/08   67.   IDF a brave army? 17:14  |  Pierre 19/03/08   68.   #66, learn history first!!! 17:31  |  DR 19/03/08   69.   Lev Bronshtein wets his appetite . 17:32  |  TOMY 19/03/08   70.   #40, Indrajaya doesn`t learn from history! 17:34  |  DR 19/03/08   71.   My Prescription 17:34  |  Yaakov Sullivan 19/03/08   72.   Re 17 Cut Paul Wood some slack proud 18:03  |  Alan the real one 19/03/08   73.   #1 Natalie Intelligence is not your strongpoint 18:10  |  Yaakov Sullivan 19/03/08   74.   #14 Am Y`isroel Chai! Samy 18:13  |  Robert/Montreal 19/03/08   75.   Re Where is clicky 18:16  |  Alan the real one 19/03/08   76.   # 70, DR 18:17  |  indrajaya 19/03/08   77.   #70 Dr did you think Indrayaja was smart enought o understand 18:20  |  Robert/Montreal 19/03/08   78.   Revenge 18:23  |  James John 19/03/08   79.   Haaretz 18:29  |  Sarah 19/03/08   80.   Natalie, anohter zionist out to deceive 18:32  |  Yaakov Sullivan 19/03/08   81.   Yaakov Sullivan on Yaackov Sullivan 18:57  |  Yaakov Sullivan 19/03/08   82.   Haaretz STOP LETTING THIS HATRED GO ON 19:00  |  Good Guy 19/03/08   83.   #71 Yaakov i agree with you Mazel tov, but there is no trap 19:07  |  Robert/Montreal 19/03/08   84.   The Very Air Abounds in Zionist Deceivers 19:08  |  Yaakov Sullivan 19/03/08   85.   Part 2 to Yaakov`s Mazel tov. 19:09  |  Robert/Montreal 19/03/08   86.   #70 and #68 DR could not be more right 19:24  |  jj 19/03/08   87.   Just as at the AMIA in Buenos Aires. 19:27  |  Fortuna Benmayor 19/03/08   88.   Robert/Montreal you are a moron 19:32  |  Yaakov Sullivan 19/03/08   89.   Mugniyeh (?) 19:35  |  Rozz 19/03/08   90.   #87 Fortuna the attempt at a Jewish Library in Montreal 19:40  |  Robert/Montreal 19/03/08   91.   for the record those who think Gazans want Israel as friends 19:45  |  Robert/Montreal 19/03/08   92.   #1 Natallie you are so right 19:51  |  Chris Linthwaite 19/03/08   93.   Robert/Montreal please ignore #88 19:51  |  Yaakov Sullivan 19/03/08   94.   #88 Yaakov too bad but I will take it on advisement 19:51  |  Robert/Montreal 19/03/08   95.   You better stop fearing and start acting fast, morons 20:13  |  Misha 19/03/08   96.   #35 Steve and #40 Indrajaya 20:16  |  Daniel 19/03/08   97.   Natallie Durson you are a racist 20:19  |  anton 19/03/08   98.   #93 Yaakov consider it ignored. 20:21  |  Robert/Montreal 19/03/08   99.   # 83, GOOD GUY 20:24  |  indrajaya 19/03/08   100.   Yaakov I do not always agree with you but in Democracy I will 20:27  |  Robert/Montreal 19/03/08   101.   # 100 Is that so?.... 20:42  |  Misha 19/03/08   102.   Bush today 21:05  |  Luke 19/03/08   103.   jaakov #81 who says,"i`d like to be more of a uniter than a 21:07  |  terrornator 19/03/08   104.   Simple Equation 21:21  |  ERSB 19/03/08   105.   Pierre - are you sure mon ami? 21:44  |  David Israel 19/03/08   106.   # 84 Y. Suleiman. see a shrink get Prozac before 21:58  |  Stephen. 19/03/08   107.   How to protect against harm from Hizballah 22:26  |  Tosefta 19/03/08   108.   If Hezbollah Strikes 23:26  |  Ron 19/03/08   109.   People with a brain... 23:30  |  PADDY 19/03/08   110.   Samy 23:58  |  The Seer 19/03/08   111.   Samy, you have the right idea 00:14  |  Realist 20/03/08   112.   indrajaya 00:16  |  Good Guy 20/03/08   113.   looking forward 00:23  |  Nabulsi 20/03/08   114.   Tosefta #107 00:35  |  TonyL 20/03/08   115.   # 3 Dutch Very soon Hamas will start 00:37  |  Bobby 20/03/08   116.   DUTCH dirk/drake? 00:52  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 20/03/08   117.   Attention Clicky, Indy, Chris L (mini click) and friends 01:56  |  Alan the real one 20/03/08   118.   Dutch Dirk-worry first about your own society 02:00  |  Stephen in New York 20/03/08   119.   Natalie 02:09  |  Paul 20/03/08   120.   PURIM 02:10  |  Jo 20/03/08   121.   Paul Wood 24-reveals his true self 03:26  |  Stephen in New York 20/03/08   122.   The lack of `intelligence` not information 04:04  |  Mark Lincoln 20/03/08   123.   PADDY right on! All those daily Moslem terror mass murders 04:42  |  PETER SM 20/03/08   124.   SAMMY poor Moslems! Their brothers kill them by the scores daily 04:46  |  PETER SM 20/03/08   125.   Waiting for it must be awful... 05:18  |  Ben 20/03/08   126.   Israeli security can handle this! 05:38  |  Matt Dillon 20/03/08   127.   PETER SM - MOSSAD, how could I have accused them! 06:23  |  PADDY 20/03/08   128.   #122, Mark Lincoln 07:11  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 20/03/08   129.   SAMUEL would you like to see the results of a Hesballa attack? 07:38  |  PETER SM 20/03/08   130.   PADDY.Your sources being? 08:56  |  PETER SM 20/03/08   131.   M.Lincoln"Whom ever whacked this thug did Hizboallah a favor, and 08:59  |  PETER SM 20/03/08   132.   Paul wood We love personal independence 09:24  |  Aby 20/03/08   133.   samy, when you delouse the house it does not matter 10:28  |  v 20/03/08   134.   @15, munir, dutch dirk should be eradicated not educated 10:29  |  v 20/03/08   135.   @79, sara, haaretz is the most antisemitic paper and proud for th 11:01  |  v 20/03/08   136.   West Bank under lockdown... 09:22  |  Silvienne 21/03/08

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