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Hizbollah: 40,000 rockets on Israel border

Hizbollah is training its militia to be able to hit Tel Aviv with long-range missiles, and has stockpiled 40,000 rockets on the border.

August 5, 2009 15:49
Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah

ByJessica Elgot, Jessica Elgot

1 min read

Hizbollah is training its militia to be able to hit Tel Aviv with long-range missiles, and has stockpiled 40,000 rockets on the border, a report by The Times claimed.

A Hezbollah warehouses which stored Katyusha rockets in southern Lebanon exploded last month, revealing the group was stockpiling rockets in the region, in violation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

UN peacekeeping forces have been blocked from entering the site to investigation the claims.

There has been little breach of the peace since the 2006 Israeli-Lebanese conflict but tensions in the region are now running high.