A senior officer in the Israeli Navy said terrorists groups close to Israel have missiles capable of hitting all Israeli ports and offshore infrastructure such as oil rigs. Brigadier General Yaron Levi, the Navy's intelligence chief, revealed the information at a conference in Tel Aviv University. Recently Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned if Israel imposes a naval siege on Lebanon as part of another war, Hezbollah will respond with missiles aimed at Israeli targets at sea, Levy said. Israel, is aware that Hezbollah has Iranian-made surface-to-sea missiles, and may also receive Russian-made rockets from Syria. These missiles, he said, have a range that "covers all of Israel's ports, our economic waters and a large part of the shipping lines to Israel." He noted that Hamas in Gaza is also copying Hezbollah and said in the future Israel may have to deal with missiles, torpedoes, mines and above surface weapons and underwater ones, not only from Lebanon but also from Gaza.
