Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah announced, on Wednesday, that he is not interested in commenting on what Israel announced about the killing of a person who was carrying an explosive belt and suspected of being linked to Hezbollah, saying that "silence is part of the political battle."

Last Wednesday, the Israeli army announced that it had killed a person who was carrying an explosive belt in the town of Yara in northern Israel, when an explosive device exploded near the Megiddo intersection in the area, wounding a citizen.

He indicated that he was conducting an extensive investigation to "examine the extent of Hezbollah's involvement" in the operation.

The army later ruled out the suspect's use of a tunnel to cross into Israel, noting that it found out "how he crossed the fence," without giving further details.

According to Israeli Army Radio, the suspect used a ladder to scale a fence between the Lebanese and Israeli borders.

Hezbollah has not issued any comment since the incident.

Nasrallah said in a televised speech today, "Hezbollah's silence (...) reflects wisdom and this confuses the enemy," noting that "silence is part of a political, media, psychological and military battle with this enemy."

However, he described the person whom Israel announced his killing, without revealing his identity and name, as a "resistance" and a "martyr fighter".

Nasrallah added, "We are not interested in commenting on every incident. Sometimes commenting is about not commenting, and this is part of the battle and part of managing the battle."

And he continued, "Let him (the Israeli) investigate, take his time, and discuss whether this resister entered from Lebanon or not, and if he entered from Lebanon, how did he enter and who sent him (...) and when he reaches results, he builds on what he requires."

The Israeli army had stated that it was interrogating a driver whom the suspect asked to pick him up, before he was intercepted on the road.

The United Nations Interim Force in South Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced that its units "did not notice" anyone crossing the southern border into Israel.

Nasrallah affirmed that "any aggression that targets any region in Lebanon and any person present on Lebanese soil, be it Lebanese, Palestinian or any other nationality (...), the resistance will definitely and swiftly respond to it."

Lebanon and Israel are officially at war. Lebanon witnessed a bloody war in the summer of 2006, which began with the abduction of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah members.

During the war, 1,200 people were killed in Lebanon, most of them civilians, and 160 Israelis, most of them soldiers.