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Israel: New Hezbollah rockets can reach Tel Aviv and Be'er Sheva
By Haaretz Staff

Israel believes Hezbollah has missiles that can hit most of Israel, and which could even strike Be'er Sheva under optimum conditions.

Iran supplied Hezbollah with solid-fuel, Zelzal-2 missiles with a 200-km range, but these are not very accurate, since they do not have a self-guidance system.

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he Zelzal-2 missiles, intended to strike broad targets such as communities and cities, are equipped with explosive warheads weighing up to 600 kilograms. The missiles are a later version of the Zelzal-1 missiles, which Iran first displayed in September 2005 at a military parade in Tehran, together with six Shihab-3 missiles.

Hezbollah's original Katyusha rockets had a range of 12 kilometers to 22 kilometers. At a later stage, it obtained Iranian Fajar-3 and Fajar-5 rockets, with a range of 45 kilometers and 75 kilometers, respectively. Hezbollah did not use these rockets until the current conflict.

The organization also has Syrian-made 22-millimeter rockets with a range of several dozen kilometers.

The rocket that hit Haifa on Thursday did not come as a complete surprise: the Israel Defense Forces knew Hezbollah had rockets with a range that would reach Haifa, but were surprised that the organization opted to use them.

Israel first learned that Hezbollah had rockets capable of reaching the outskirts of Haifa three months before the IDF pullout from Lebanon in May 2000.

The head of Military Intelligence reported two years ago that Hezbollah has 13,000 rockets, most with a 25-kilometer range, about 500 with a range of 45 kilometers to 75 kilometers, and a few dozen with a 115-kilometer range. The rockets were stored in several strategic places in the Beka'a Valley, and some were deployed along the Israeli border.
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