Ex-US Envoy to UN: Israel Should Attack Iran over Bulgaria Bombing

Former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton has stated that Israel should attack Iran over Wednesday's suicide bomb attack in Bulgaria that killed 5 Israeli tourists.

"This is obviously a very dangerous period for Israel with the civil war in Syria, refugees reported going across the border into Lebanon, and Hezbollah well armed with rockets on Israel's northern border," Bolton told Fox News late on Thursday, as cited by Newsmax

"So I think if there were ever a time to retaliate, and directly against Iran this time, this is it," he added.

American and Israeli officials on Thursday linked the suicide bomber who killed the Israeli tourists to  Iran-backed Lebanese radical Shiite group Hezbollah.

Wednesday's bombing came amid heightened tensions over Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran says is for peaceful purposes but Israel and the West say is a cover for developing weapons, the New York Times comments.

The United States and Europe imposed sanctions this month aimed at crippling Iran's vital oil industry, while Iran has sworn to exact revenge for the assassinations, as well as for cyberattacks on its nuclear industry.

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