The magazine confirmed numerous media reports since the United Nations Security Council ceasefire resolution last August that Iran and Syria have been re-rearming Hizbullah. A recent British newspaper report quoted United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) troops saying that the terrorist group can operate freely at night, when the UNIFIL troops do not operate because of the danger.
Smuggling of Iranian weapons from Syria to Hizbullah terrorists has been rampant since shortly after the ceasefire. The magazine cited western diplomats as disclosing that Hizbullah now has 20,000 missiles, twice the number acknowledged by the IDF. The stockpile is virtually at the same level as that prior to the July 12 attack on Israel, when several IDF soldiers were killed and two others were kidnapped. The whereabouts and fate of the hostages still are unknown, despite Israeli and American vows that there would be no ceasefire agreement without their return.
Foreign Minister Tzippi Livni had discouraged the idea of a UNIFIL force before the ceasefire was implemented, stating that "past experience with UNIFIL has not been satisfactory."
The likelihood that Hizbullah would re-arm was apparent since the day that Israel agreed to the ceasefire because UNIFIL leaders categorically said they would not enforce the clause in the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, calling for the disarming of non-Lebanese army forces.
Israel not only accepted the U.N.-brokered agreement but also claimed it was part of a victory in the war.
"Hizbullah has been pushed back from the fence, from the border," Prime Minister Olmert asserted in an August speech to local authority leaders in Haifa. "Most of the long-range missiles... were destroyed. ... A strong international force...is organizing to... assist in stopping the Hizbullah." Olmert concluded, "It is clear to the world that Hizbullah has been beaten."
However, eight days earlier, an intelligence research center issued a report headlined Countdown to Conflict. "Any end to the war that does not involve Hizbullah's disarmament will enable the Jihadist movement to rise again like a phoenix," stated the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies.
The report quoted Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt as saying, "As long as Syria can send weapons to Hizbullah, there will be no change in the situation."
Weapons smugglers have easily circumvented UNIFIL forces by using mountain passes, according to TIME, which added that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is using Damascus as well as Beirut as command centers.
Hizbullah also is benefiting from the growing Lebanese political crisis, which it ignited in an open attempt to topple the government. Hizbullah has received further assistance from a mass exodus of more than 100,000 Lebanese residents, mostly from the educated and wealthy classes, who have fled since the war for more stable countries.
"Sociologists say the flight of middle class or affluent people, those most likely to have the money and foreign passports or visas to leave when things first go bad, can weaken both a country's economy and its social fabric," The Associated Press reported.
The result is a growing percentage of pro-Syria and Hizbullah supporters, who benefit from financial help from the terrorist organization, which is sponsored by Iran.
Israel threatened to attack inside the Syrian border with Lebanon after it was apparent that trucks bearing arms were entering Lebanon, but the government backed down and relied on surveillance flights to monitor terrorist activity.
Two European disposal experts and a Lebanese medic were wounded by land mines in Lebanon on Friday. The U.N. Mine Action Coordination Center stated, "This is the first evidence we have that the Israeli forces laid new mines in south Lebanon in 2006." A government spokesman responded that the mines also could be Hizbullah weapons, planted to deter Israeli ground troops during the war.
Smuggling of Iranian weapons from Syria to Hizbullah terrorists has been rampant since shortly after the ceasefire. The magazine cited western diplomats as disclosing that Hizbullah now has 20,000 missiles, twice the number acknowledged by the IDF. The stockpile is virtually at the same level as that prior to the July 12 attack on Israel, when several IDF soldiers were killed and two others were kidnapped. The whereabouts and fate of the hostages still are unknown, despite Israeli and American vows that there would be no ceasefire agreement without their return.
Foreign Minister Tzippi Livni had discouraged the idea of a UNIFIL force before the ceasefire was implemented, stating that "past experience with UNIFIL has not been satisfactory."
The likelihood that Hizbullah would re-arm was apparent since the day that Israel agreed to the ceasefire because UNIFIL leaders categorically said they would not enforce the clause in the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, calling for the disarming of non-Lebanese army forces.
Israel not only accepted the U.N.-brokered agreement but also claimed it was part of a victory in the war.
"Hizbullah has been pushed back from the fence, from the border," Prime Minister Olmert asserted in an August speech to local authority leaders in Haifa. "Most of the long-range missiles... were destroyed. ... A strong international force...is organizing to... assist in stopping the Hizbullah." Olmert concluded, "It is clear to the world that Hizbullah has been beaten."
However, eight days earlier, an intelligence research center issued a report headlined Countdown to Conflict. "Any end to the war that does not involve Hizbullah's disarmament will enable the Jihadist movement to rise again like a phoenix," stated the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies.
The report quoted Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt as saying, "As long as Syria can send weapons to Hizbullah, there will be no change in the situation."
Weapons smugglers have easily circumvented UNIFIL forces by using mountain passes, according to TIME, which added that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is using Damascus as well as Beirut as command centers.
Hizbullah also is benefiting from the growing Lebanese political crisis, which it ignited in an open attempt to topple the government. Hizbullah has received further assistance from a mass exodus of more than 100,000 Lebanese residents, mostly from the educated and wealthy classes, who have fled since the war for more stable countries.
"Sociologists say the flight of middle class or affluent people, those most likely to have the money and foreign passports or visas to leave when things first go bad, can weaken both a country's economy and its social fabric," The Associated Press reported.
The result is a growing percentage of pro-Syria and Hizbullah supporters, who benefit from financial help from the terrorist organization, which is sponsored by Iran.
Israel threatened to attack inside the Syrian border with Lebanon after it was apparent that trucks bearing arms were entering Lebanon, but the government backed down and relied on surveillance flights to monitor terrorist activity.
Two European disposal experts and a Lebanese medic were wounded by land mines in Lebanon on Friday. The U.N. Mine Action Coordination Center stated, "This is the first evidence we have that the Israeli forces laid new mines in south Lebanon in 2006." A government spokesman responded that the mines also could be Hizbullah weapons, planted to deter Israeli ground troops during the war.