Israel says Iran boosting efforts to set up precision-missile plants for Hezbollah

Record ID: 1429202

  • Title: Israel says Iran boosting efforts to set up precision-missile plants for Hezbollah
  • Date: 29th August 2019
  • Summary: ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER AREA, ISRAEL (AUGUST 28, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF U.N. POST ON LEBANESE SIDE OF THE BORDER, AS SEEN FROM ISRAEL LEBANESE VILLAGE HEZBOLLAH FLAG HANGING IN POST U.N. POST LEBANESE VILLAGE
  • Embargoed: 12th September 2019 16:55
  • Keywords: Israel Lebanon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Hezbollah precision-missile plants
  • Location: ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER AREA, RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL
  • City: ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER AREA, RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA003AU9VGW7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Israel accused Iran on Thursday (August 29) of stepping up efforts to provide the Hezbollah militia with precision-guided missile production facilities, a warning to Beirut that Israeli counter-strikes could escalate.
    "Dir balak," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in public remarks directed at Lebanon, using Arabic for "watch out".
    Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, which last fought a war in 2006, are on high alert after drones were used at the weekend to attack what a security official in the region described as a target linked to precision-guided missile projects.
    Israeli troops were deployed near the border, where United Nations' and Hezbollah posts could be easily seen on the other side of the fence.
    Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the rare strike in Beirut, and said it will retaliate. The heavily armed Shi'ite movement has denied harbouring such missile facilities. Lebanon has accused Israel of seeking pretexts for aggression.
    There was no immediate response from Tehran, Israel's arch-foe, whose nuclear programme and regional activities have been a focus of redoubled U.S. pressure under President Donald Trump - with knock-on tensions in the Gulf.
    (Production: Rami Amichay, Lianne Back)
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