Israel says Hezbollah has weapons caches

JERUSALEM, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Hezbollah foiled U.N. observers recently when it secretly restocked Katyusha rockets and anti-tank missiles in southern Lebanon, Israeli officials alleged.

Military officials told Haaretz Sunday the lack of recent Hezbollah attacks on Israeli is a sign of the damage Israeli forces inflicted on the militants' military capacity during the 2006 conflict with the group.

Military sources for the newspaper said, however, that Hezbollah managed to smuggle weapons past U.N. observers in southern Lebanon by using trucks disguised as vehicles carrying civilian supplies.

The sources said the weapons came from Iran through Syria.

Hezbollah also allegedly sent spies pretending to be journalists to the area to watch Israeli activity on the border with Lebanon, the sources said.

Army officials said the new missiles supplied can reach Israeli targets south of Tel Aviv.

The United Nations built up its observer mission in southern Lebanon as part of the cease-fire that ended the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel.