Assad Smuggling Weapons to Hizballah

According to Israeli intelligence, Syrian President Bashar Assad, alongside senior military officials, is directly involved in the attempts to smuggle weapons and rockets to Hezbollah in Lebanon. In addition, the reason Hezbollah has not fired long-range Iranian-made Fajr missiles at Israel is due to Tehran's opposition. Israel now understands that without direct orders from the ayatollahs, Hezbollah is not allowed to use Iranian missiles in attacks against Israel.

The IDF believes it destroyed almost two-thirds of Hezbollah's longer-range Zalzal missiles, manufactured by Iran and capable of reaching Tel Aviv. In addition, Israel has identified the bodies of 200 Hezbollah operatives killed in the fighting. Hezbollah fighters were also found to be using special thermal suits that retained their body heat and curtailed IDF attempts to discover them at night.