Syria's state-run television showed a camera, a satellite dish and other objects including batteries and cables secreted among several imitation rocks.(Many Faces In Many Places)(Almanar) The Israelis approached the island from one of the country's German-built Dolphin class submarines, which are armed with nuclear cruise missiles. "Israel's elite Flotilla 13" sneaked onto the island on silent skiffs and extracted the stones to replicate for the spy camera. The frogmen returned to plant the decoys and set up the surveillance rig. They were mounted in fake rocks designed to blend in with surrounding boulders.According to Al-Manar TV, the "rocks" could track and film Russian warship movements and instantly transmit pictures back to Israel by satellite.
