Some 3,500 missiles in Syria and Iran are currently aimed at Israel,
while Hezbollah is developing drones and sea-to-air missiles, Brig.
Gen. Itay Baron, head of the IDF Military Intelligence research section,
told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday.
Hezbollah has some 60,000 rockets and missiles - 10 times what it had
in the 2006 Second Lebanon War, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Naveh
said at a Zichron Yaakov convention.
Baron told the Knesset committee that Hezbollah, Hamas and Syria are
all trying to find ways to undermine Israel's military and
technological superiority to damage Israel's weak spot, the home front.
Baron added that all three are constructing military systems that would
exhaust Israel's civilian populations, while augmenting their ability to
absorb Israeli attacks by arming themselves with masses of rockets and
missiles. Hezbollah, while developing drones for offensive purposes, has
already
received sea-to-air and surface-to-air missiles, as well as
explosives and camouflage equipment. Baron added that Iran has an
arsenal of 450 missiles in striking distance of Israel. Syria has 3,000
rockets and missiles, covering ranges from 70 to 700 kilometers. Baron
said the missiles were not very precise, but the surface-to-air
Russian-made defense systems were quite technologically advanced.
Naveh said Hezbollah's swift arms increase over the past six years is
part of its effort "to reach a situation where quantity is part of
quality, and a quick blow at Israeli cities could produce a victory
photo."
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