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Hezbollah: All of Northern Israel in Rocket Range

May 25, 2005 :: Ha'aretz :: News

Ha’aretz reports that the militant Islamic terrorist organization Hezbollah has 12,000 Katyusha rockets deployed in Lebanon capable of striking all of northern Israel. On May 24, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah stated unequivocally: “Any hand that reaches out to our weapons is an Israeli hand that will be cut off.”
        For reasons like these, the U.S. and Israel have been collaborating on such defensive systems as the Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL), designed to track and destroy incoming rockets with a high-energy laser beam. Some recent reports have suggested, however, that the U.S. may be withdrawing funding from THEL (Article)

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