Warship Struck by Iranian Missile
Charles Johnson
Sat Jul 15, 2006 at 8:23 am PDT • Views: 243
The Israeli warship damaged yesterday in a Hizballah attack was not hit by a UAV, as first reported; it was an Iranian-made missile: Missile, Not Drone, Hit Israeli Warship.
JERUSALEM Jul 15, 2006 (AP)— A missile fired by Hezbollah, not an unmanned drone laden with explosives, damaged an Israeli warship off Lebanon, the army said Saturday.
The attack late Friday alarmed Israel because initial information indicated the guerrillas had used a drone for the first time to attack Israeli forces.
But the army’s investigation showed that Hezbollah had fired an Iranian-made missile at the vessel from the shores of Lebanon, said Brig. Gen. Ido Nehushtan.
“We can confirm that it was hit by an Iranian-made missile launched by Hezbollah. We see this as very profound fingerprint of Iranian involvement in Hezbollah,” Nehushtan said in an interview with The Associated Press.
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