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Israel Unveils Details of Iranian-Backed Missile Operation in Lebanon
(Washington Post) James McAuley and Liz Sly - Israel on Thursday accused Iran and Hizbullah, Iran's proxy in Lebanon, of pushing forward with an operation to produce precision-guided missiles on Lebanese soil. IDF Spokesman Lt.-Col. Jonathan Conricus said that Hizbullah "does not yet have an industrial capacity" to manufacture precision-guided missiles on a mass scale. "What we're doing is trying to...convey to the Iranians and perhaps most importantly, the Lebanese government, that it's time for them to understand their responsibility and the fact that what they're letting Hizbullah and Iran do on Lebanese soil is endangering Lebanese civilians." Israel named three members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and one Hizbullah operative as the key masterminds of the operation. The Hizbullah operative was identified as Fuad Shukr, wanted by the U.S. State Department for planning and carrying out a 1983 attack on U.S. Marines in Beirut that killed 241 service personnel.