Keeping this in view, on Wednesday, Yoram Cohen, head of Israel Security Agency ( Shin Bet) informed Knesset’s committee on foreign affairs and defence that Hamas has an armed force to rival that of Israel’s Lebanese foe, Hizbullah.
“Hamas has military capabilities almost of a state. Some of its military capabilities are even better than Hezbollah’s,” he said.
Now, how can one educate Cohen that to qualify ‘state army’ – both Hamas and Hizbullah need at least a conventional airforce, army with tanks and helicopters – and a few old-fashion naval vessels – none of which they have. What Hamas and Hizbullah fighters have and the Jewish army don’t – is the moral courage.
Israel daily The Jerusalem Post reported on May 30, that Yoram Cohen told Knesset committee: “Iran is the central actor behind the world-wide terrorist attacks against Jews and Israel – most of which are not publicized“. He also claimed that Shin Bet, Mossad and IDF had been successful in gleaning enough intelligence about the terror plots and infrastructure to stymie their operations.
Shin Bet chief claimed that Iranian agents have also entered the Gaza Strip, imparting military knowledge to Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups. Cohen refereed to Gaza as a “giant arms warehouse,” with Hamas possessing some 8,000 rockets with a range of four to forty kilometers.
Interestingly, in January 2011 – Shin Bet’s retiring chief, Gen. Yuval Diskin, along with three other generals had warned defense minister Ehud Barak that an Israeli attack on Iran would be suicidal.
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