Overnight, shots were fired from Syria at an IDF patrol. IDF forces returned fire, reporting a direct hit on source of the attack. The IDF will continue to operate day and night in order to keep Israel’s citizens safe.
Syria and Israel in exchange of fire
Israeli and Syrian forces have exchanged fire across the ceasefire line in the occupied Golan Heights. Israel returned fire after one of its military vehicles was hit by shots from Syria, Israel’s defence forces say. Media reports say no-one was hurt. Syria says it destroyed an Israeli vehicle which it says crossed the ceasefire line into territory its forces control…. Read more →
Assad preparing missile strike against Tel Aviv in case attacked again
Photo: (AP) Syria is making preparations to strike Tel Aviv in case Israel launches another attack on its territory, The Sunday Times reported on Sunday. The Syrian army has begun deploying advanced surface-to-surface missiles, the report said, adding that it has received orders to strike central Israel in case additional attacks against Syria are carried out. The Sunday Times said that… Read more →
Israeli military: Syrian rockets hit Golan Heights
(CNN) – Several Syrian rockets landed early Wednesday in the Mount Hermon area of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, the Israeli military said. “Initial reports indicate that the rockets are a result of (the) domestic situation in Syria,” a spokeswoman for the Israel Defense Forces said. “As a result the Hermon side of the mountain will be… Read more →
Palestinian group says Syria OKs attacks on Israel
Photo: (AP) BEIRUT (AP) — President Bashar Assad’s regime has given a Palestinian militant group the go-ahead to set up missiles to attack Israel in the wake of recent Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital, a spokesman for the group said Tuesday. Syria has hinted at possible retribution against Israel since the Jewish state carried out the airstrikes over the weekend, although official government statements have… Read more →
Russia, China express alarm after Israel hits Syria
Photo: Reuters/ Baz Ratner (Reuters) – Russia and China expressed alarm on Monday over the regional repercussions of two Israeli air raids on Syria, while Israel played down strikes which its officials said targeted Iranian missiles bound for Lebanese Hezbollah militants. Oil prices spiked above $105 a barrel, their highest in nearly a month, on Monday morning as the air strikes on Friday and Sunday… Read more →
‘Israel will become bi-national without peace’
Photo: Pool/Maariv Netanyahu says conflict is not about territory, but about Palestinians’ reluctance to recognize Israel as nation state of the Jews. Israel needs to reach peace with the Palestinians to prevent becoming a bi-national state, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday, stressing – however – that the core of Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians is not territory, but a… Read more →
Hagel says evidence chemical weapons were used in Syria
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday the U.S. intelligence community believes the Syrian regime used the chemical weapon sarin, a revelation that immediately raised the question of whether a “red line” had been crossed in the country’s civil war. Hagel confirmed the intelligence assessment, which was detailed in a letter to select members of Congress, while speaking to reporters on… Read more →
Israeli Air Force shoots down hostile drone from Lebanon off Haifa
Photo: Reuters. F-16s scrambled to engage hostile drone; missile shoots down vessel off Haifa coast; not clear whether drone was armed; Netanyahu: Israel prepared to deal with any threat posed from Syria or Lebanon in the air, land or sea. The Israeli Air Force shot down a drone over the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday off the coast of Haifa which… Read more →
