Der Journalist Ron Ben-Yishai betonte in der Tageszeitung Yedioth Ahronoth, dass das syrische Regime bereits früher, teils erfolgreich, versucht habe, Boden-Luft-Raketen an die Hisbollah zu liefern.
Journalist Ron Ben-Yishai, writing for daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, emphasised that the Syrian regime had already previously attempted, in some cases successfully, to deliver ground to air missiles to Hezbollah.