Israel: We are Capable of Hitting Targets Deep in Lebanon, Syria

Israeli Home Front Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said Wednesday that the Jewish state has the ability to hit targets deep inside Lebanon and Syria.

Israel has airpower and the intelligence ability “to hit launch sites everywhere -- from a range of a few kilometers in Gaza and Lebanon to a range of hundreds of kilometers deep in Lebanon and Syria," Vilnai said.

"And beyond that, at far greater ranges, including if we find ourselves involved in the matter of Iran," he told the annual Israel Aerospace International Conference and Exhibition in Jerusalem.

But Vilnai, a retired army general, voiced cautious confidence in Israel's superior firepower.

He stressed that Hizbullah and Hamas are deterred by the Israeli army’s power, but said “that is something that is true as of this morning and could change at any moment."