Report: Ministers informed Iran rebuilding missile program, Lebanese minister facing death threats over talks with Israel

Iran is working to restore parts of its ballistic missile program, ministers were told during a recent Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting, Channel 12 reports.

The assessment was reportedly delivered in a closed-door briefing by an IDF intelligence representative, who said Tehran has made progress in rehabilitating elements of its missile capabilities.

In a post on X before the session, Committee chair Boaz Bismuth said that “the Iranian regime is about to pay a very heavy price,” urging the public to maintain routine activities while remaining alert.

According to the report, lawmakers who attended the discussion are not aware of what Bismuth’s remark was founded upon.

They also tell the news outlet that they were informed Iran’s supreme leader, who has been in hiding since a February 28 US-Israel strike reportedly left him seriously injured, is alive, as has been widely reported.

Regarding Lebanon, intelligence officials are said to assess that Beirut’s government is doing more than in the past to address the disarmament of Hezbollah, but still not enough. Ministers were also told that a senior Lebanese minister involved in negotiations with Israel faces threats to his life due to the ongoing talks between Israel and Lebanon.

Officials say there is currently no intention to strike in Beirut or its southern suburbs — a Hezbollah stronghold — adding that Israel retains freedom of action if a threat emerges.