Report: Syria allegedly gives Hizbullah long range missiles capable of striking anywhere in Israel

by Kal El on October 18, 2009 · Comments

It’s still unconfirmed, but won’t surprise me if it is later proven true. Syria has a long history of arming Hizbullah, sending in weapons through the porous border.

‘Syrian long-range missiles in Lebanon’

Syria has transferred nearly a quarter of its long- and medium-range missile arsenal to Hizbullah, the Kuwaiti al Jarida reported on Thursday.

According to the report, security sources in Jerusalem told the paper that the missiles, now held by Hizbullah, could hit every part of Israel.

Iranian and Syrian officers were reportedly training the Hizbullah operatives in using the new missiles and in operating early warning systems intended to alert the group of Israeli jets.

The Jerusalem Post could not confirm the report.

The Kuwaiti article comes days after Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Gabriela Shalev called on UN peacekeepers to investigate Monday night’s apparent weapons cache blast in the home of a Hizbullah operative in Tayr Filsay, southern Lebanon.

In a letter of complaint sent to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the president of the Security Council, Le Luong Minh of Vietnam, Shalev said Israel has “considerable” reason to believe the house where the explosion took place served as an arms storage facility for Hizbullah.

Shalev also said that in the aftermath of the explosion, Hizbullah operatives sealed off the area and attempted to remove evidence.

Following the blast in Tyre, President Shimon Peres said that Hizbullah was turning Lebanon into a “powder keg,” and the IDF released footage showing apparent arms transfer activity at the home.

Link to story.

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  • JEWHAWK
    Next time,Israel will hold LEBANON responsible for any missile
    launched from its territory.

    This proves that playing by the UN's set of rules doesn't pay off,
    because the Iranians and Syrians are arming Hezbollah under the
    United Nation's watch.
    The UN's people on the ground are one or more of those things:
    a) DUMB
    b)INCOMPETENT
    c)WILLINGLY SUPPORTING HEZBOLLAH

    Israel should destroy Lebanon as a whole target,since its "government"
    and "army" don't do anything to stop Hezbullah from attacking Israel.

    I strongly advise the Lebanese Christians to SELL their property,PACK and LEAVE
    as soon as possible.
    War is coming.
    2006 will be nothing next to what is gonna happen sooner or later.

    Syrian ambassador in Beirut is AWOL.
    Syria doesn't really recognize Lebanon's sovereignty,thus it does whatever it
    wants inside Lebanon.Provoking Israel from Lebanese territory speaks volumes
    about what Damascus thinks of Beirut.

    The Syrians are ready to fight Israel until the LAST Lebanese.

    SO BE IT.
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