TEL AVIV (Dispatches) -- A former air force chief has warned that the occupying regime of Israel no longer enjoys air superiority over neighboring Lebanon, citing the shooting down of a number of drones.
The Kan broadcaster reported that the Zionist regime’s intelligence-gathering capabilities had been limited after a decision was made to scale back the number of surveillance flights over Lebanon.
The decision was made in the wake of a drone being shot down over the country by an anti-aircraft missile last year.
Speaking to the broadcaster, Amiram Norkin, outgoing commander of the Israeli air force, said the regime needed to be aware of its limitations, particularly in terms of how it would confront Iran.
“We need to coordinate our plans to the enemies preparations. We need to present what we can do, not only in Iran, in 2022, 2023 and on. But we also need to stand by what we cannot do, because the air force head has a huge responsibility, and based on what answers they give, decisions are made by the leadership,” he said.
“So I only give accurate, reliable answers about what we can do.”
In February, Hassan Nasrallah – secretary general of the Hezbollah resistance movement in Lebanon - said that Israeli flights over Lebanon had been “greatly reduced” as a result of improvements in Hezbollah’s air defenses.
Hezbollah officials also said then an unmanned aerial vehicle that flew over occupied Palestinian territories for 40 minutes, beating Israel’s much-hyped Iron Dome missile system and its F-35 fleet and helicopter gunships, was merely a small part of the Lebanese resistance movement’s capabilities.
Muhammad Ra’ad, the president of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc in the Lebanese parliament, said Hezbollah’s deterrent power had struck horror in the heart of the Zionist regime.
In a statement then, Hezbollah