Ahmadinejad's rifle gift an obsolete model: Israeli army

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military is taking aim at a new claim by Hezbollah’s leader.
Hassan Nasrallah last week presented what he said was an Israeli rifle to visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Updated 18 October 2010 20:01

Associated Press

October 18, 2010 20:01

But Israeli military spokeswoman Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich said Sunday the gun appears to be an assault rifle that Israel hasn’t used since 1974 — meaning it likely wasn’t captured during the war.

Israel’s Yediot Ahronot daily quoted military sources as saying the rifle model was used by Israeli-backed militiamen during the 15-year war in Lebanon that ended in 1990.