Al-Manar
".....Turning to the situation on the Lebanon front, Barak said that since the end of the Second Lebanon War, Hezbollah has managed to triple the size of its missile arsenal in relation to its size prior to the start of the conflict.
He also said that Hezbollah has established its position north of the Litani River ‘with the assistance of Syria and Iran’. "This [military] potential should worry us, as should the fact that Hezbollah continues to build its strength and acquire all sort of missiles. In spite of the serious blows Hezbollah suffered during the war, it has tripled its missile arsenal, and extended the range and effectiveness of these weapons," Barak said.
Many of the committee members asked Barak to elaborate on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the incessant barrages of Qassam rockets against Sderot and other communities bordering the territory.
Barak expressed concern that there is an attempt in the Arab world to work toward reconciliation between the rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas. "There are currently two authorities with different characters. The presence of Hamas in the Gaza Strip is a fact and we do not see the Palestinians as being able to remove them and restore Fatah control.""
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