The Israeli army on Thursday unveiled details of the Iranian-led Hezbollah guerrilla group's precision missile project and published pictures and names of Lebanese and Iranian figures.
According to a video report published by Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraei on his social media accounts, Iran began attempts to transfer precision-ready missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon via Syria between 2013-2015.
The precision missile carries guidance devices that can hit targets a few meters away. He can also carry explosives and a warhead. Most of the rockets in Hezbollah's arsenal rely on inaccurate weapons of various dimensions.
The Israeli army confirmed that most of these attempts were thwarted in air strikes, which prevented the Lebanese Hezbollah from obtaining missiles.
Given this failure, Iran decided in 2016 to fundamentally change its working methods, not by moving full missiles, but to convert existing missiles into precision missiles on Lebanese territory.
As part of the move, audit materials from Iran, as well as rockets from the Syrian Research Institute, were transferred to Lebanese territory for Hezbollah.
Hezbollah began rehabilitation of positions inside Lebanon, including the capital Beirut, in cooperation with Iranian entities, headed by Mohammad Hussein Zadeh Hijazi, commander of the Qods Force's Quds Force, led by Qassem Soleimani.
The IDF reported that the materials were transported through three axes: the first one from Syria to Lebanon through the official crossings of the Lebanese state, such as the factory crossing.
The second was flown by civilian flights landing at Beirut's Hariri International Airport. The third is through the seaport of Beirut.
Recently, Iran and Hezbollah are seeking to accelerate the precision missile project by attempting to establish production and conversion sites on Lebanese territory in several areas.
The Israeli army has announced senior figures involved in the precision missile project, including Brigadier General Mohammad Hussein Zadeh Hijazi, commander of the Lebanese force in the Quds Force, which is leading the precision missile project.
Among the figures is Colonel Majid Nawab, the project's technology officer, who works under the guidance of the Quds Force led by Qassem Soleimani. He is an expert in the field of surface-to-surface missiles and oversees the technological aspects of the project.
The head of the Revolutionary Guards' logistics, Brigadier-General Ali Asghar Norouzi, was responsible for transporting logistical materials and equipment from Iran to Syria and from there to precision missile sites in Lebanon.
Fouad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander, is leading the precision-guided missile project. Shukr is a senior adviser to Hezbollah's secretary-general and a member of the party's senior body, serving for 30 years.