The killing of Hassan Lakkis, a senior Hezbollah official, was done by Israel, the militant movement charged in a statement.
Lakkis�was killed overnight outside his home in the Hadath district�in Beirut as he was returning from work, the statement said.

Hezbollah described Lakkis as�"one of the leaders of the Islamic resistance"�against Israel and said the Jewish state had tried to kill him several times in the past.

The accusation comes a day after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah accused Saudi Arabian intelligence of being behind last month�s twin suicide bombings, which targeted Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital.

The�bombings�on November 19 killed 23 people. An Al-Qaeda-linked group claimed credit for the attack.

By Russia Today

 

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