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JERUSALEM, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- An Israeli general says the Syrian army has adopted a defensive, rather than offensive, stance since the war in Lebanon.
Brig. Gen. Yossi Baidatz, told Israeli ministers during their weekly meeting Sunday that Syrian president Bashar Assad believes Israel wants to attack Syria, the Jerusalem Post said.
Baidatz said he believed that Assad provides backing to Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah, and indicated that Assad helped to get weapons to Hezbollah, the Post said.
Baidatz also told cabinet ministers that Hamas apparently was smuggling anti-aircraft missiles into the Gaza Strip, the Post said. If this information is correct, Baidatz said, it would mean that Hamas could better fight Israeli troop raids, the Post reported.
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