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Hezbollah May Be Seeking Missiles Armed With Chemical Weapons, Israeli Military Intelligence Chief Says

The Islamic militant group Hezbollah may have a number of short-range missiles that Syria is trying to adapt to carry chemical warheads, the head of the Israeli Defense Force intelligence branch, Maj. Gen. Ze’evi Farkash, said yesterday (see GSN, May 12).

Farkash also said that Hezbollah might have as many as 30 missiles that are capable of flying as far as 215 kilometers (Voice of Israel/BBC Monitoring, July 25).

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