Israel accuses Hezbollah of cyberattacks against UNIFIL

June 29. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Israel’s Defense Minister, Benny Gantz, denounced this Wednesday that the Lebanese party-militia Hezbollah has tried to obtain information about the details of the deployment of the ‘blue helmets’ of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) through attacks informatics.

The Lebanese party “has carried out a computer operation to steal material on the deployment of UNIFIL in the area for use by Hezbollah,” Gantz said during his speech at a forum on cybersecurity, according to the Israeli newspaper ‘Yedioth Aharonoth. ‘.

“It is a new attack by Iran and Hezbollah against Lebanese citizens and the stability of Lebanon,” he reproached. Thus, she has denounced Iran’s “challenges” against Israel not only by air, land and sea, but also with thousands of computer attacks every year against Israel since they began, more than a decade ago.

“Governments and democracies have the duty of defense and deterrence. We must make those who try to harm us pay a high price. This is how Israel works. The computer dimension has no borders, but it does leave traces,” he argued.

Iran is not only the “leader of conventional global terrorism”, but also uses hacking groups to attack Israel and other countries in the region and around the world. “He wants to spread fear and is even trying to influence the US presidential election,” she stressed.

Spain has more than 600 troops stationed in Lebanon, who are part of the international deployment of 10,000 ‘blue helmets’ from 46 countries with the aim of monitoring the cessation of hostilities, supporting the Lebanese army and the Government of Lebanon in the exercise of their authority.