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Israel: Iran smuggling dual-use items for Hezbollah arms by sea into Beirut port
[IsraelTimes] At Security Council briefing, envoy Danny Danon says Tehran exploiting civilian firms and maritime channels to supply weapons to its Lebanese proxy terror group since last year.

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations
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on Tuesday accused Iran
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of exploiting civilian companies and maritime channels to smuggle weapons manufacturing equipment to its Lebanese proxy group, Hezbollah.

In the quarterly meeting on the Middle East, Ambassador Danny Danon told the Security Council that Israeli intelligence has uncovered evidence showing Iran’s Quds Force has been using the port of Beirut to ship items to the terror group since last year.

"In the years 2018-2019, Israel found that dual-use items are smuggled into Leb to advance Hezbollah’s rocket and missile capabilities," he said.

"Iran and the Quds Force have begun to advance the exploitation of the civilian maritime channels, and specifically the Port of Beirut," Danon said. "The Port of Beirut has become the Port of Hezbollah."

In a statement, the Israeli mission said "Syrian agents" purchased the dual use items from foreign companies under false pretenses, and handed it over to the terrorist group after picking up the shipments from the port.

Danon presented the Security Council with a map of the Hezbollah transfer routes that included major hubs at the Damascus airport, Beirut’s port and airport and the official border crossings between Syria and Leb, such as the Masnaa crossings.

He said the weapons transfers violated UN resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Leb War between Hezbollah and Israel.

Danon did not detail what items were obtained by the terror group through these means or name the companies behind the shipments.

Last year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly that Hezbollah was hiding precision missile production facilities underneath Beirut. He revealed satellite photos purporting to show the secret facilities, located within close proximity of Beirut’s international airport.

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