Senior IDF officer: North Korean crisis may affect Israeli security

An Israeli military spokesman referred for the first time to the North Korea crisis Tuesday when a senior IDF officer, who withheld his identity, spoke at a briefing to reporters about Israel's concerns lest a confrontation with North Korea divert the United States from its support for Israel at a time of need.
Turning to the immediate region, the officer revealed that the Israel air force had smashed more than a hundred missiles destined for Hizballah in order to withhold from the Shiite terrorists weaponry of high strategic value.