Israel Alleges Presence of Missile Factory near al-Nabi Sheet
Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee on Tuesday claimed that Hizbullah has set up a factory for producing precision-guided missiles near the Bekaa town of al-Nabi Sheet, saying the purported plant is part of the party’s alleged precision missile program.
“This site is of great importance to Hizbullah regarding the precision-guided missile program, that’s why Hizbullah operatives have been evacuating special and expensive equipment from it, fearing a strike on the location,” Adraee tweeted.
“They have transferred the equipment to civilian properties in Lebanon, including in the capital Beirut,” he added.
On Thursday, the Israeli army accused Iran of collaborating with Hizbullah to assemble precision-guided missiles that could cause "massive" human casualties in Israel.
Tehran and Hizbullah plan to convert "stupid rockets into precision-guided missiles," Israeli army spokesman Jonathan Conricus told journalists in a conference call.
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah responded on Saturday, saying: "In Lebanon, we have what we need in terms of precision missiles for any confrontation great or small... we don't have precision missile factories."
The statements came amid soaring tensions between the two sides over Israeli strikes in Syria and in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Hizbullah retaliated on Sunday by firing Kornet missiles at an Israeli military vehicle in northern Israel.
Hariri needs to deny that Hezbollah has any ownership or authority over this facility if it exists and generally state that any weapons south of the Litani river belongs to the LAF.