Prime Minister Netanyahu, issued the following statement on February 5, 2013 in wake of the Bulgarian government's announcement regarding the 18 July 2012 terrorist bombing in Burgas:

"I would like to thank the Bulgarian Government for its thorough and professional investigation of the 2012 terrorist attack in Burgas in which six innocent civilians - five Israelis and one Bulgarian - were murdered.

The Bulgarian findings announced today are clear: Hizbullah was directly responsible for the atrocity. There is only one Hizbullah. It is one organization with one leadership.

This is yet a further corroboration of what we have already known, that Hizbullah and its Iranian patrons are orchestrating a worldwide campaign of terror that is spanning countries and continents.

The attack in Burgas was only one of a series of recent terrorist operations against civilians in Thailand, Kenya, Turkey, India, Azerbaijan, Cyprus and Georgia. All this is happening in parallel to the deadly support given by Hizbullah and Iran to the murderous Assad regime in Syria.

The attack in Burgas was an attack on European soil against a member country of the EU. We hope that the Europeans draw the necessary conclusions as to the true character of Hizbullah."

On Wednesday evening, February 6, 2013, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and thanked him for the thorough and professional investigation into the 18 July 2012 terrorist bombing in Burgas.

Prime Minister Netanyahu told Bulgarian Prime Minister Borissov, "The findings of the investigation are clear and prove that Hizbullah was responsible for the atrocity in Burgas. This is an additional indication that Iran, through its proxies, is conducting a global terrorist campaign that crosses borders and continents. I hope that the Europeans will draw the necessary conclusions regarding the true character of Hizbullah after this criminal attack on European soil against an EU member state."