Palestinian Officials Contact Berri, Nasrallah after IS Claims Palestinians Linked to Bourj Barajneh Blast

Speaker Nabih Berri and Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah received telephone calls from Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal and his deputy Ismail Hanieh to condemn the terror attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs of Bourj al-Barajneh, adding that the Palestinians who were allegedly involved in the blast were not refugees in Lebanon, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was executed by two Palestinians and a Syrian.

Meshaal and Hanieh had informed the speaker that the names mentioned by the IS were not of refugees, but of individuals who had died in Syria over two years ago.

Moreover, semi-official information revealed that the ongoing investigations in the attack proved that the names revealed by the IS are fake or “at least they do not exist among the Palestinian ranks,” reported al-Joumhouria.

The investigations have not yet determined the real identities of the suicide bombers.

DNA tests of human remains at the scene will reveal the identities of the attackers and victims, explained the daily.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Thursday's Bourj al-Barajneh attack that left at least 43 people dead and 230 wounded.

Conflicting reports had emerged over the existence of a third attacker.