Hamas has been smuggling huge quantities of weapons and explosives into Gaza, preparing for all-out war against Israel: Shin Bet chief warns of large-scale confrontation in Gaza.

Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin said Tuesday morning that “Israel must prepare for a wide military confrontation in the Strip, if moderate sources in the Palestinian Authority do not get stronger”.

Speaking at a Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Diskin outlined the Palestinians’ efforts to arm and noted that, “If all fails and it become impossible to strengthen Fatah, Israel needs to prepare for a military option in Gaza. The situation in the Strip is not a flashing traffic light but a red, red, red, light. Israel has no good options in Gaza, there only bad options and we need to chose the least bad of all.”

Diskin described an enormous amount of weapon smuggling into the Gaza Strip through dozens of tunnels. “Although the number of terror attacks this year following the disengagement is smaller, the important thing to look at is the amount of weapons and the significant strengthening of Hamas as a result of the disengagement,” he said.

And to Israel’s north, Hizballah is doing the same in Lebanon, right under the noses of the United Nations “peacekeeping force.”