Israel bombs Hezbollah-bound missile shipment in Syria

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israel strike , latakiaSyrian rebels and a U.S. official cited by CNN said on Thursday Israel had mounted a new attack on a Syrian military base but the Israeli government declined to confirm any strike.

CNN quoted an unidentified U.S. administration official on Thursday as saying Israeli warplanes struck a Syrian base near the port of Latakia, targeting missiles that Israel thought might be transferred to its Lebanese militia enemy Hezbollah.

One Syrian opposition source, a defector from air force intelligence with contacts in the Latakia region, said Israel struck a strategic missile battery near a village called Ain Shikak where President Bashar al-Assad’s forces kept long-range Russian missiles that are among their most powerful weapons.

“We’re not commenting on these reports,” an Israeli Defence Ministry spokesman said. The government has not commented publicly on at least three attacks on Syria earlier this year.

One Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he thought that Israel had indeed carried out such a strike. He stressed that he was not entirely certain, however.

Israel has repeatedly warned that it is prepared to use force to prevent advanced weapons, notably from Iran, reaching Hezbollah, which hit northern Israel with hundreds of rockets during a month-long war in 2006.
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which collates reports from opposition activists, said late on Wednesday that there had been an explosion at an air defence base near Jableh, on the Mediterranean coast south of Latakia.

The Lebanese military said six Israeli jets had flown over Lebanese territory on Wednesday. Israeli aerial incursions over Lebanon are frequent, but such high numbers have in the past sometimes been an indication of military strikes against Syria.

Former Syrian intelligence agent Afaq Ahmad, a defector now in exile in France, told Reuters that contacts of his inside Syria, including in Latakia province, told him Russian-made ballistic missiles had been kept at the site that was attacked.

Noting Syria’s failure to retaliate after previous Israeli action, Ahmad said: “Israel knows Assad has lost the ability to respond … So it has been engaging in unannounced attacks on the weapons that could pose the most threat in the hands of Assad or if they are transferred to Hezbollah.”

Israel struck Syrian targets near Damascus in January and twice in May and was suspected of being behind the destruction of a naval installation near Latakia in July.

The Israeli government says Iran, the main sponsor of both Assad and Hezbollah, is arming the Lebanese group. Israel, which sees Iran as bent on destroying the Jewish state, has threatened to use force against an Iranian nuclear program which Tehran denies is intended to produce atomic weapons.

Reuters

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40 responses to “Israel bombs Hezbollah-bound missile shipment in Syria”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar

    If so, surgical.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar

    If so, surgical.

  3. The Israeli Air Force owns the skies biatch ๐Ÿ˜‰

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar

      It’s an illusion. Airplanes need fuel.

      1. LOLOLOL they can refuel in the sky ๐Ÿ˜€

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar

          Dork. Like I don’t know that trick. Sucking fuel from God.
          Even the tankers need fuel โ€ฆ the point was no-body ‘owns’ anything.

  4. Heraclitus Avatar
    Heraclitus

    The Israeli Air Force owns the skies biatch ๐Ÿ˜‰

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar

      It’s an illusion. Airplanes need fuel.

      1. Heraclitus Avatar
        Heraclitus

        LOLOLOL they can refuel in the sky ๐Ÿ˜€

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar

          Dork. Like I don’t know that trick. Sucking fuel from God.
          Even the tankers need fuel โ€ฆ the point was no-body ‘owns’ anything.

  5. Too see world in peace all dicators,Zionist Jews and Syiit believe must be wipe out.The three are having weird ways.

    1. If Israel (Jews) and Iran (Persians) destroyed each other, then peace will come to all Arabs in the Middle East. The same with Turkey (Turks) and Kurdistan (Kurds) destroying each other too.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar

        The problem is, they all keep making an overage of babies.
        But then, they could starve themselves out of existence โ€ฆ no guns needed. ๐Ÿ˜‰

        1. IraniAngel Avatar
          IraniAngel

          just for record the iranian birth rate is the lowest in the entire world

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar

            Wow .. really? Anything to do with background radiation?? ;-))
            (couldn’t resist .. :-))
            But this IS good. Keep up the good work.
            I think Canada should be lowest โ€ฆ
            โ€ฆ but they keep dragging in refugees to sit in the snow. :-)))

          2. IraniAngel Avatar
            IraniAngel

            nope not exactly… its more due to our incompetent regime which has worsened the living conditions to such an extent so that no one can afford babies anymore ๐Ÿ™‚ if this keeps going maybe in furture you would see iranian couples share their babies with other couples on half time. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! yonno like a ‘rent a baby’-service.. oh i just got an idea… maybe i should start this then i will make a lot of money, dont you think? :DDD

          3. 5thDrawer Avatar

            Everyone seems to need a second income these days โ€ฆ. ๐Ÿ˜‰

          4. Peaceforall1998 Avatar
            Peaceforall1998

            really? I’m Iranian and everyday someone I know has a wedding or a baby shower. Average Iranian has at least two kids. Which is pretty good. it seems like you don’t know anything about Iran.

          5. IraniAngel Avatar

            thats your personal experiences and observations. but fgs lets stick to knowledge and facts. i will give you this much.. maybe i exaggerated a bit, but if my memory serves me well i recall an article on this site for one which stated that the iranian birth rate is even lower than those of the western countries… good day!

          6. Peaceforall1998 Avatar
            Peaceforall1998

            A simple Google search with facts shows that YOU ARE WRONG.

          7. IraniAngel Avatar

            hahaha you should take your own advice and google it… azizam you are wrong! lol

          8. Peaceforall1998 Avatar
            Peaceforall1998

            Iranian birth rate is pretty average. Japanese , Russians and Europeans have the lowest in the entire world.

      2. IraniAngel Avatar
        IraniAngel

        iraniangels are not exclusively persians u f-tard

  6. Too see world in peace all dicators,Zionist Jews and Syiit believe must be wipe out.The three are having weird ways.

    1. If Israel (Jews) and Iran (Persians) destroyed each other, then peace will come to all Arabs in the Middle East. The same with Turkey (Turks) and Kurdistan (Kurds) destroying each other too.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar

        The problem is, they all keep making an overage of babies.
        But then, they could starve themselves out of existence โ€ฆ no guns needed. ๐Ÿ˜‰

        1. IraniAngel Avatar
          IraniAngel

          just for record the iranian birth rate is the lowest in the entire world

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar

            Wow .. really? Anything to do with background radiation?? ;-))
            (couldn’t resist .. :-))
            But this IS good. Keep up the good work.

          2. IraniAngel Avatar
            IraniAngel

            nope not exactly… its more due to our incompetent regime which has worsened the living conditions to such an extent so that no one can afford babies anymore ๐Ÿ™‚ if this keeps going maybe in furture you would see iranian couples share their babies with other couples on half time. LOOOOL!!! yonno like ‘rent a baby’-service.. oh i just got an idea… maybe i should start this then i will get so rich

          3. 5thDrawer Avatar

            Everyone seems to need a second income these days โ€ฆ. ๐Ÿ˜‰

          4. Peaceforall1998 Avatar
            Peaceforall1998

            really? I’m Iranian and everyday someone I know has a wedding or a baby shower. Average Iranian has at least two kids. Which is pretty good. it seems like you don’t anything about Iran.

          5. IraniAngel Avatar

            thats your personal experiences and observations. but fgs lets stick to knowledge and facts. i will give you this much.. maybe i exaggerated a bit, but if my memory serves me well i recall an article on this site for one which stated that the iranian birth rate is even lower than those of the western countries… good day!

          6. Peaceforall1998 Avatar
            Peaceforall1998

            A simple Google search with facts shows that YOU ARE WRONG.

          7. IraniAngel Avatar

            hahaha you should take your own advice and google it… azizam you are wrong! lol

          8. Peaceforall1998 Avatar
            Peaceforall1998

            Iranian birth rate is pretty average. Japanese , Russians and Europeans have the lowest in the entire world.

      2. IraniAngel Avatar
        IraniAngel

        iraniangels are not exclusively persians u f-tard

  7. The two biggest Middle East trouble makers for the Arabs are Iran and Israel. Let them destroy each other so that the Arabs can get back to living in peace in the Middle East.

    1. IraniAngel Avatar
      IraniAngel

      lol

  8. The two biggest Middle East trouble makers for the Arabs are Iran and Israel. Let them destroy each other so that the Arabs can get back to living in peace in the Middle East.

    1. IraniAngel Avatar
      IraniAngel

      lol

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