[Ha'aretz] Gideon Alon - Hamas has been smuggling anti-aircraft missiles into Gaza, the head of IDF Military Intelligence's research division, Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz, told the government on Sunday. He said the movement of these weapons could greatly endanger the lives of Israel Air Force pilots and would require the army to consider a different and stronger approach in Gaza. Baidatz also said the army had unequivocal proof that the smuggling of weapons from Syria to Lebanon was continuing with the knowledge of the government in Damascus and against the terms of a UN-brokered cease-fire. He said that Syrian President Assad was preparing his army for possible confrontation with Israel. The Syrian army had not returned to their routine positions since the end of the war in Lebanon. Prime Minister Olmert on Sunday rejected the possibility of talks with Assad, saying the Syrian president was responsible for harboring terrorists and was attempting to destabilize the entire region.
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