IDF sources have reported that Syria has been arming and training<br />Hezbollah fighters in the use of advanced antiaircraft weapons in<br />recent months. Hundreds of fighters were taught to use surface-to-air<br />missiles in Syria and Iran. IDF officers are worried by two<br />developments involving Syria and Hezbollah that could change the<br />balance of power in the region: The transfer of huge quantities of<br />surface-to-air missiles; and the transfer of chemical and biological<br />weapons. Hezbollah's use of advanced antiaircraft missiles could<br />jeopardize Israeli aerial supremacy. According to past, unverified,<br />reports, Israel has considered on several occasions attacking convoys<br />of weaponry from Syria to Lebanon. An IDF source said that the Iranian<br />involvement in Lebanon has transformed from a "fingerprint" to "a huge<br />handprint."
