Iranische Raketen für Hizballah und Hamas
Brig. Yadlin’s report to the Knesset foreign affairs and security committee confirmed DEBKAfile’s Oct. 25 disclosure of intensive Iranian efforts to arm Hizballah and Hamas with extended-range missiles and rockets capable of reaching Israel’s strategic heartland. He revealed for the first time that Iranian arms were reaching Hizballah and Hamas through Syria and, for the first, time via Turkey.
Iran is clearly intent on building up Hamas’ capability for breaking the Israeli Mediterranean naval blockade on the Gaza Strip and restricting the freedom of Israeli warships cruising opposite its southern shores.
Silkworms deployed in the Gaza Strip are a menace to Israel’s southern naval bases, especially in Ashdod port. They are also precise enough to target land-based strategic facilities like power stations and fuel depots. In 1987, Tehran used an earlier version of the Silkworm to strike Kuwait’s oil installations.
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