Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a televised speech during a ceremony organized by Hezbollah in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Feb. 16, 2020. Xinhua File PhotoBEIRUT: Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Wednesday that for the first time, his group has the ability to turn thousands of rockets into precision missiles and produce drones inside Lebanon. "We have been producing drones in Lebanon for a long time, and whoever wants to buy them, submit an order," Nasrallah said in a televised speech. Iranian experts helped Hezbollah to transform rockets into precision missiles, Nasrallah said, adding that his group has also increased its anti-drone capabilities which led to a decline in Israeli drone overflights. Earlier this month, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz signed an administrative order to seize the assets of three Lebanese companies that allegedly supplied materials to Hezbollah on manufacturing precision missiles.

Source: Manila Times February 18, 2022 04:20 UTC