An Israeli general urged the international community on Thursday not to allow Iran the opportunity to boost Hizbollah's standing by funding the bulk of reconstruction in shattered areas of Lebanon.
Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed after a ceasefire ended a month of fighting with Israel on Monday that his Iranian-backed guerrilla group would help fund repairs for some 15,000 bomb-damaged homes across Lebanon.
"What I'm afraid of is that what is going to happen now is the Iranians will be the first people around to bring in huge amounts of money for reconstruction," Brigadier General Yossi Kuperwasser, a senior Israeli intelligence officer, said.
"We should be very much on alert to make sure that the international community, through its organisations, and not the Iranians, are those who are going to reconstruct," Kuperwasser told reporters.
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