[Beirut Daily Star] The investigation into the blasts which hit a three-storey building in southern Leb on Friday continued over the weekend amid Israeli claims that Hizbullah had moved a substantial amount of rockets closer to the Blue Line in anticipation of fresh hostilities.The kabooms at a suspected arms depot close to the village of Shehabiyeh are being looked at by a team of investigators which includes members of the Lebanese Army and the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society Interim Force in Leb (UNIFIL).
Israeli military spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Avital Leibovich told the News Agency that Dare Not be Named on Saturday that footage obtained by one of its intelligence drones proved the kabooms emanated from a residential building used as a Hizbullah arms cache.
She alleged that the Shehabiyeh incident was the third of its kind this year and that Hizbullah was actively maintaining several weapons stores close to the Blue Line -- in contravention of international resolutions. Leibovich claimed the party had ammunition silos dotted around 160 southern towns and villages.
Following the blasts, Israel's Ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, accused Hizbullah of placing 15,000 rockets along the Blue Line, some capable of reaching southern Eilat.
"The Syrian-Iranian backed Hizbullah poses a very serious threat to Israel," Oren said. "Hizbullah today now has four times as many rockets as it had during the 2006 Leb war. These rockets are longer-range. Every city in Israel is within range right now, including Eilat."