A very serious situation that has the potential to inflame the Middle East. Israel cannot allow these weapons to be used against it. Will they strike Hezbollah pre-emptively? Since the US has declared Hezbollah a terrorist group, would we strike pre-emptively according to our new doctrine. Sticky wicket here.
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"We are sitting on a powder keg," Maj. Gen. Benny Gantz, the officer in charge of Israel's Northern Command, said in an interview at his command post here. "It is a very sensitive and problematic situation. This entire area can go up in flames in no time or it can be very quiet," he said."
Western and Israeli security officials say most of Hezbollah's rockets have been provided by Iran, one of Israel's staunchest enemies. The officials said that thousands of rockets were flown to the Syrian capital of Damascus and driven by truck to southern Lebanon. Israeli security officials said that Syria has now begun to send rockets of its own.
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