Hezbollah supporters listen to their leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as he speaks via a video link during Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim commemoration marking the death of Immam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century, in southern Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 19, 2021. (HASSAN AMMAR / AP)
BEIRUT – 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, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said, adding that his group has also increased its anti-drone capabilities which led to a decline in Israeli drone overflights
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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.
Meanwhile, Gantz vowed to continue offering humanitarian assistance to Lebanese citizens while acting resolutely in the face of the Iranian precision missile project operating from the heart of Lebanon.
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