Israeli Defense Official Warns of 45,000 Missiles Accumulated by ‘Hizbullastan’
Hizbullah has accumulated 45,000 missiles that pose a threat to Israel, a senior defense ministry official has said, claiming that Iran and Syria supplied the missiles to the party through ships, planes and trains.
The Israeli defense ministry’s director of policy and political-military affairs, Amos Gilad, told the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai over the weekend that Lebanon's leaders are unaware of these developments, creating a vacuum that has given rise to a new, independent entity he dubbed "Hizbullastan."
President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri and Premier Najib Miqati “know nothing about what’s going on in the country in which they are living,” he said.
Gilad expressed confidence in the protesters in Syria, saying they will eventually compel President Bashar Assad to stop the violence, which has so far claimed around 7,600 lives, and implement reform.
He added that the Jewish state would have signed a peace deal with Syria, “if it weren't for Damascus' cooperation with terror groups.”
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