ALBAWABA - Following a cyberattack on information display screens at Beirut’s international airport, the accused far-right Christian group Soldiers of God released a video statement denying responsibility for the attack.
Departure and arrival information across the airport were replaced by a message accusing the Hezbollah group of putting Lebanon at risk of an all-out war with Israel.
The message reads: "Rafic Hariri Airport is not the airport of Hezbollah and Iran... Hassan Nasrallah, you won't find a supporter if you involve Lebanon in a war. You must bear the responsibilities and consequences,".
"Hezbollah, we won't fight on behalf of someone, you destroyed our port, and now you want to destroy our airport because of the weapons you bring through. Let the airport be liberated from the grip of the mini-state," it continues.
Following the accusations that the far-right group is responsible for the attack, a video statement released by the Soldiers of God denied any links to the cyberattack titled "No to strife in the Lord’s land".
Alongside a group called The One Who Spoke, Soldiers of God has garnered attention over the past year for its campaigns against the LGBTQ+ community in Lebanon, AP reported.
The attack comes following a warning from Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who spoke of repercussions for northern Israel if the Gaza war extended to the Israeli-Lebanese border. Hezbollah has been escalating its attacks on northern Israel while Israel's defense minister said this weekend that the country seeks a political solution.
Additionally, Nasrallah pledged revenge for the killing of deputy Hamas chief Saleh Al-Arouri in an Israeli airstrike on January 2 in Beirut, the first such killing abroad since the war broke out on October 7.
