Iran Commander: Hizbullah's Missile Power Improved
A senior commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that Hizbullah has dramatically improved its missile capabilities and can now pinpoint targets anywhere in Israel.
Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh said Israelis will see Hizbullah's new might should a war break out.
He said slain Hizbullah commander Hassan al-Laqqis played a key role in boosting the group's military strength, although he did not elaborate.
"He was a great, resourceful and very active Hizbullah commander whose works could be revealed should a Hizbullah-Israel war break out. He created great defense supplies," and was "one of Hizbullah's brains in the field of electronic war," Hajizadeh said.
The comments were posted on the Guard's website, sepahnews.com.
Al-Laqqis was assassinated last month near his residence in Hadath, in southern Beirut.
Top Revolutionary Guard commanders attended a service earlier this week in Tehran in commemoration of the slain commander.
Hajizadeh didn't say how Hizbullah's missile capability had improved, but The Wall Street Journal has reported that the group has been moving parts of advanced guided-missile systems to Lebanon from bases where it had stored them inside Syria.
U.S. officials told the Journal recently the weapons were transferred into Lebanon from Syria piece-by-piece to evade Israeli air strikes.
Source: Associated Press
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