"Israeli" General says Hizbullah has more firepower than before war

Source: Compiled by Moqawama.org, 20-2-2007
Brigadier General Yossi Baidetz, head of the research division at the Military Intelligence Corps, told the Knesset on Monday that the Hizbullah group is replenishing rockets launched or destroyed during their war with "Israel" last year, and today has more firepower than before the war.
"Hizbullah is building up more firepower than it had before the war. Some of this ordnance has arrived, and some is still en route from Syria," a spokesman for the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense (War) Committee quoted Baidatz as saying in the briefing.
Defense (War) Minister Amir Peretz, who also attended the meeting, corrected Baidatz saying the report does not pertain to actual military force but to the potential for acquiring military capabilities.
"Power comes down to more than just counting rockets," the panel spokesman quoted Peretz as saying at the session. "Let`s remember that Hizbullah`s network of outposts has been demolished. It is not even at a quarter of its pre-war status."
Some committee members expressed their beguilement at the contradiction between the intelligence officer and the defense minister.
Committee members slammed Baidatz`s testimony and referred the issue to a subcommittee where discussions are held behind closed doors. Turning his attention to Syria, Baidatz said Damascus is upgrading its military arsenal for fear of confrontation with "Israel".