by debkaFile
Israel has sent a final warning to the Lebanese government that it will destroy Hizballah’s new factories for upgrading its missiles unless they were shut down
Israel has sent a final warning to the Lebanese
government that it will destroy Hizballah’s new factories for upgrading
its missiles unless they were shut down, DEBKAfile’s military sources
report. Iran recently supplied Hizballah with precision-guidance
munitions. Their components would enable Hizbollah missiles to strike
within a 10-meter radius of the intended target, thereby upgrading its
missiles to high-precision weapons and ramping up the threat to Israel.
They they are being put together in small workshops, very much like
those in which Hamas and Islamic Jihad manufacture their missiles in the
Gaza Strip. These workshops are scattered widely across Lebanon. which
makes them harder to target by air or by missile.
European sources report that this warning was not
Israel’s first. Lebanon was cautioned more than once through the US and
France. However, Israel’s final warning was relayed to Beirut on Monday,
Nov. 11, by Aurelien Lechevallier, adviser to French President Emmanuel
Macron, who visited Israel on the same day as President Donald Trump’s
special adviser for Syria, James Jeffrey. The French official left for
Beirut that day with the following message: Shut the new plants down or
else face a military attack. On arrival, Lechevallier handed it to
Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil, who passed it on to President
Michel Aoun.
On Saturday, Nov. 10, Israel received its answer: Hizballah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech: “The path of the [Hizballah’s] Resistance is decisive, strong and triumphant, achieving historic victories. We are not afraid of any sanctions and we will continue to hold on to our weapons and missiles.”
Source: https://www.debka.com/israel-and-hizballah-trade-threats-over-iran-supplied-precision-guidance-missiles/
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