IDF sources have reported that Syria has been arming and training Hezbollah fighters in the use of advanced antiaircraft weapons in recent months. Hundreds of fighters were taught to use surface-to-air missiles in Syria and Iran. IDF officers are worried by two developments involving Syria and Hezbollah that could change the balance of power in the region: The transfer of huge quantities of surface-to-air missiles; and the transfer of chemical and biological weapons. Hezbollah's use of advanced antiaircraft missiles could jeopardize Israeli aerial supremacy. According to past, unverified, reports, Israel has considered on several occasions attacking convoys of weaponry from Syria to Lebanon. An IDF source said that the Iranian involvement in Lebanon has transformed from a "fingerprint" to "a huge handprint."
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