The Lebanese movement Hezbollah has tens of thousands of missiles and the major cities of Israel are in the zone of destruction of the missiles, and even a nuclear reactor is in the south of the country, said on Tuesday the radio station “Kol Israel” referring to the head of the IDF General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi.

He estimated the range of the Lebanese missiles of the 325 kilometers, making it clear that the militants are able to shell Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the nuclear center in Dimona from outside of the demilitarized zone established in southern Lebanon after an armed conflict in 2006.

“The paradox - is on the one hand, there (on the Lebanese-Israeli border) it is quiet now, but if you look over the fence, then you will see how they are arming and amplifying” - Ashkenazy quoted the radio, who spoke at a closed meeting of the Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Affairs and defense.

During the 2006 war that killed 1.2 thousand Lebanese and 159 Israelis, Hezbollah fighters fired about four thousand rockets, which exploded at a distance of hundred kilometers from the border.

In the case of a new conflict, Israel would not be able to avoid the rocket fire, but will be able to minimize their impact, including the use of the missile defense system “Iron Dome” capable of intercepting missiles of the type “Qassam and Katyusha rockets. During the year the Israeli army will receive two batteries of similar systems,” said Ashkenazy.

Israel accuses Iran and Syria of smuggling arms into Lebanon for Hezbollah. Last week, the Israeli Navy intercepted a ship in the Mediterranean Sea, secretly transporting about 500 tons of various weapons and ammunition, including three thousand of “Katyusha”.

Chief of Staff also spoke about Iran’s atom, expressing confidence that the problem can be solved through effective international sanctions, because “Iran for all his radicalism can not be called irrational country.”