Israeli experts believe that Hizbullah is likely to receive a new and advanced model of the Zelzal rocket, which has a range of up to 400 kilometers. This would allow Hizbullah to attack targets anywhere in Israel.

The Iranians last week tested a Zelzal rocket that has a 400 kilometer range, which would be able to hit any target in Israel if fired from Lebanon. Israeli security officials are concerned about the possibility that Iran may supply Hizbullah in Lebanon with such rockets in advance of a possible resumption of hostilities with Israel.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard is responsible for the development of the rocket and it was the Revolutionary Guard that carried out the test. In the course of the test the Revolutionary Guardsmen fired a Fajar-5 rocket, which has a 75 kilometer range, and an improved Zelzal rocket, which has a 400 kilometer range. The Zelzal rockets that Hizbullah had in the initial stages of the second Lebanon War had a range of approximately 150 kilometers.

Israeli officials know that the Iranian weapons industry received from Hizbullah precise information about the use that was made of the Iranian weapons systems in the course of the war. The Israeli experts believe that the Iranians have already analyzed the results and have made a number of immediate changes in some of the weapons systems, which improved their performance. This article ran on the January 28th edition of Yediot

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