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Summary Israeli PM says his govt has intelligence that attack in Bulgaria was carried by Hezbollah.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government has fully substantiated intelligence that Wednesdays attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria was carried out by the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.Netanyahu tells CBS Face the Nation that Israel will do whatever is necessary to protect innocent Israelis and says there has to be a price exacted from the terrorists and their backers.Iran has denied responsibility for the bombing, which killed five vacationing Israelis, along with a Bulgarian bus driver and the attacker.Netanyahu wont discuss specifics of a response, but the attack threatens to escalate a shadow war between Israeli and Iran over allegations that Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. Iran says its atomic program is for peaceful purposes only.
