[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz and Sheera Claire Frenkel - Israel is considering taking action to stop the smuggling of weapons from Syria to Hizbullah, although it plans for the time being to continue diplomatic efforts to change UNIFIL's mandate so that UN forces will deploy along the Syrian-Lebanese border, Israeli sources said on Tuesday. IDF Northern Command Head Maj.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot met on Tuesday with UNIFIL commander Maj.-Gen. Claudio Graziano of Italy to discuss the Syrian arms smuggling and ways to better enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which forbids the transfer of weapons to Hizbullah in southern Lebanon.
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