IDF Chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said Wednesday that Israel would have to deal with Hizbullah's rearmament. "We see, here and there, smuggling and other things that are intended to bring in weapons. We are following this and we apparently have to deal with this," he said.

Ashkenazi spoke at an IDF training exercise in the Golan Heights.

Defense Minister Amir Peretz, who was also present at the maneuver, said that the exercise "doesn't demonstrate any intention to get involved in any confrontation or friction."