IDF Keeping a Close Eye on Iran's Weapons Factory in Lebanon

IDF Keeping a Close Eye on Iran's Weapons Factory in Lebanon
By Tazpit Press Service July 6, 2017 , 11:30 am
“How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart by day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?” Psalms 13:3 (The Israel Bible™)
Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot (Photo: Knesset)
The IDF is keeping a watchful eye on Iranian attempts to manufacture precise weaponry in Lebanon and Syria, Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Wednesday.
Eisenkot said that Iranian capabilities were so far limited and that IDF was employing a “number of measures” to keep abreast of developments and avoid a deterioration in the security situation. Eisenkot told the Committee that rolling back Iran’s influence in the Middle East was no less a challenge than defeating the Islamic State.
Israel was reported at the end of June to have sent messages to Iran via European diplomats that it would not tolerate Iran setting up weapons factories to manufacture arms for Hezbollah. Maj. Gen Herzi Halevi said at the Herzliya Conference earlier in June that Hezbollah was setting up military industries on Lebanese soil with Iranian know-how.
Eisenkot added that 11 years on from the Second Lebanon War, the IDF’s capabilities have improved exponentially, including in the field of intelligence, both in terms of quality and quantity. The Chief of Staff added that Hezbollah routinely violates United Nations Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 conflict.
Despite that, Eisenkot said he does not believe Hezbollah or any other of Israel’s enemies are planning to launch an attack at the moment. However he added the “war between wars” was continuing all the time and had the potential to deteriorate as a result of what he called  a tactical event on any front.
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