Hizballah is practicing the transfer of units from north of Litani to S. Lebanon

May 2, 2007, 10:09 PM (GMT+02:00)

This was reported to the Israeli cabinet Sunday, April 29, by chief of staff Lt. Gen Gaby Ashkenazi. The smuggling of quantities of weapons from Syria and Iran is still going on, the general added. DEBKAfile adds: In both cases, Hizballah is not disturbed by the presence of the expanded UN force in south Lebanon.

The chief of staff also reported that there is no way to stop the firing of Qassam missiles from the Gaza Strip without a military ground action. Aerial bombardment of Hamas’ infrastructure will not achieve this objective. He also warned that Hamas’ stockpiles of water materiel have reached unprecedented proportions and the weapons smuggling through to Gaza from Sinai continues.