Iran and Syria behind Tel Aviv attack
From Ynetnews.com, with thanks to Gabrielle Goldwater:
Defense officials have gathered solid evidence in the hours following Thursday’s suicide bombing in Tel Aviv to show the attack was a direct result of cooperation between Iran, Syria, and Palestinian terrorists.
“The attack was funded by Iran, planned by Syria, and executed by the Palestinians,” Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz charged during a meeting with top security officials in Tel Aviv following the bombing…
During Thursday’s meeting, Mofaz said “we possess conclusive evidence that the attack is a direct result of the terror axis operating against Israel at all times.” Defense officials were able to trace, based on “unequivocal evidence,” the funding of the attack to Iran. Meanwhile, the Islamic Jihad headquarters in Damascus was the one to provide operative orders that resulted in the bombing, according to the evidence.
The execution of the attack was entrusted with an Islamic Jihad cell in the West Bank town of Nablus, where the suicide bomber originated…
Mofaz’s declarations regarding Iranian and Syrian involvement in the attack come against the backdrop of a meeting between the two countries’ leaders tonight. The defense minister characterized the Ahmadinejad-Assad summit as a “terror summit” and said the Iranian president is currently in the only place in the world where he’s welcomed.
