ASSAD SMUGGLING WEAPONS TO HEZBOLLAH

Assad Smuggling Weapons to Hizballah - Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
According to Israeli intelligence, Syrian President Bashar Assad, alongside senior military officials, is directly involved in the attempts to smuggle weapons and rockets to Hizballah in Lebanon. In addition, the reason Hizballah has not fired long-range Iranian-made Fajr missiles at Israel is due to Tehran's opposition. Israel now understands that without direct orders from the ayatollahs, Hizballah is not allowed to use Iranian missiles in attacks against Israel.

The IDF believes it destroyed almost two-thirds of Hizballah's longer-range Zalzal missiles, manufactured by Iran and capable of reaching Tel Aviv. In addition, Israel has identified the bodies of 200 Hizballah operatives killed in the fighting. Hizballah fighters were also found to be using special thermal suits that retained their body heat and curtailed IDF attempts to discover them at night. (Jerusalem Post)