Beirut, May 25, 2009: Hizbullah vigorously denied on Sunday allegations made by Der Spiegel, a German magazine, that the Hariri Tribunal has obtained new evidence proving Hizbullah was behind his murder, calling the charges fabrications and a cheap attempt at influencing Lebanon's June 7 elections.

"This is a pure fabrication aimed at influencing the election campaign and deflecting attention from the news about the dismantling of spy networks working for Israel," a statement issued by Hizbullah's press office said on Sunday.

Upon learning of the Der Spiegel report, Israel's hardline Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called for the arrest of Hizbullah's secretary general, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, telling reporters in Jerusalem: "He should have an international arrest warrant issued against him, and if not, he should be arrested by force."

Tensions between Lebanon and Israel have grown in the wake of the discovery of several alleged spy networks working for Israel. Dozens of Lebanese have been detained by Lebanon's intelligence services since January, in what Lebanon's ISF chief Ashraf Rifi has called the country's strongest ever strike against covert operations by the Israeli Mossad.