A civilian Iranian airliner operated by a company with ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps landed at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport on Nov. 29 on a direct flight from Tehran. This jet had been the target of several Western espionage agencies for many long months. According to earlier reports on Fox News, the last time the plane landed in Beirut, its cargo included GPS systems that were supposed to be installed on Hezbollah missiles and rockets. What this means is that the plane’s cargo threatens to interrupt the relative, if tense, quiet along Israel’s northern front, where Israel, Iran and Hezbollah are still engaged in round-the-clock, low-level skirmishing.

Israel considers the joint Iran-Hezbollah precision project (precision-guided missiles) to be a strategic threat, which will make it (Israel) more vulnerable in the next conflict than it is today. Precision missiles will allow Hezbollah to interfere with Israeli air force activities, target major infrastructures and population centers, and cause Israel considerable damage.

The Security Cabinet has deemed the precision project a “red line” for Israel and grounds for war. Thwarting the project at almost any cost has been made a top priority. While Israel has launched numerous attacks on this project over the past two years, it limited these attacks to Syrian territory only. According to foreign reports, the Israeli air force attacked a Syrian research center, supply convoys and aerial transports landing at Damascus International Airport, where the cargo was loaded on trucks headed to Beirut.

Nevertheless, it took the Iranians quite a while to realize that Israel was serious. Right now, it seems like they are changing their tactics. They are no longer flying supplies into Damascus and transporting them over land to Beirut. From now on, their Boeings will land in Beirut on direct flights from Tehran. While this will expose the Lebanese government to international pressure and even sanctions, it will put a sudden stop to Israeli attacks on the transports. Iran does not believe that Israel would dare to down a Boeing jet. Doing so would open the gates of Hell.