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Israel fears onslaught of killer missiles from north - perhaps 500 per day

Israel's military says it believes Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah now possesses long-range surface-to-air missiles supplied by Syria, significantly boosting its defenses against the Jewish state's formidable air power. The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday that the military command "is also working under the assumption" that the Lebanese terror group, which fought Israel's armed forces to a standstill in 2006, has obtained several dozen long-range M600 surface-to-surface missiles from Syria, Iran's ally.

The M600 has a range of around 190 miles -- covering most of Israel -- and carries a warhead containing a half-ton of high explosives.  The Israelis estimate that Hezbollah possesses around 42,000 missiles and rockets, including long-range weapons capable of hitting anywhere in Israel and which are changing the nature of Middle Eastern warfare.That's more than three times the number of missiles Hezbollah had at the outset of the 34-day war in July-August 2006. Hezbollah fired nearly 4,000 rockets and missiles, or around 200 a day, into Israel's northern Galilee region during that conflict.


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