BREAKING NEWS

US envoy Oren warns Hizbullah has 15,000 rockets on border

By JPOST.COM STAFF

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 02:39

Hizbullah has an arsenal of approximately 15,000 rockets amassed on Lebanon's border with Israel, including some with a long enough range to hit the southern city of Eilat, Ambassador to the US Michael Oren told AFP on Friday.

"The Syrian-Iranian backed Hizbullah poses a very serious threat to Israel...Hizbullah today now has four times as many rockets as it had during the 2006 Lebanon war. These rockets are longer-range. Every city in Israel is within range right now, including Eilat," he said.

Oren expressed Israeli concerns with Hizbullah's concealment of the weapons as well.

"In 2006, many of their missiles were basically out in the open, in silos and the Israeli air force was able to neutralize a great number of them...Today those same missiles have been placed under hospitals, and homes and schools because Hizbullah knows full well if we try to defend ourselves against them, we will be branded once again as war criminals."

Force map out West Bank home of terrorist who killed Binyamin Achimair

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

04/26/2024 01:40 PM

Turkish court convicts Syrian woman over Istanbul bombing

By REUTERS

04/26/2024 01:09 PM

IDF thwarts terror attack in West Bank

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

04/26/2024 12:50 PM

Anti-Israel activists vandalize Texas congressman's office door

By MICHAEL STARR

04/26/2024 11:28 AM