Israel's busy, busy, busy-A round up of the latest happenings Israel strikes Syrian village killing pro-Assad forces By Nancy Fleming
An airstrike by Israel yesterday on a government held village in the Syrian Golan Heights has reportedly killed fighters loyal to President Bashar-Al-Assad alongside two Hezbollah militants, raising fears that the Syrian civil war could be further spilling over into the wider region.
Israel strikes targets in Syria, Lebanon in two separate attacks
In Lebanon, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said Israeli warplanes struck near the Lebanese border with Syria, wounding six. The jets hit an arms depot in the area of Qousaya in the Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon, the group, which has close links to the Iran-backed Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah, added.
The Syrian army confirmed that Israeli airstrikes hit a pro-Syrian Palestinian militia base along the Syria-Lebanon border, injuring six. In a newsflash, state television quoted a military source as saying Israeli planes had at 3:15 P.M. struck a base belonging to the Damascus-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, a faction that backs President Bashar Assad.
Meanwhile in the Golan Heights, reports emanting from Lebanon said a vehicle in the outskirts of the Syrian town of Khader, near the Israeli border, in the Quneitra district was bombed at noon.
Syria says Israeli drone attack killed 3 in country's south
In a statement aired on State-run Syrian TV, the Syrian government said that a pilotless Israeli plane struck a civilian car near the predominantly Druze village of Hader, killing the three villagers.Al-Manar TV, an outlet of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, said the strike targeted a car carrying members of the Syrian National Defense Committees, a pro-Assad militia, near Hader. The village is surrounded by Syrian opposition-controlled territory.
The Sinai strike news reads like a heavy promotion- Presenting a need for that which is simply desired. Hence preemptive strikes Israeli army to launch Sinai strikes
A senior military officer has said Israel could attack militants affiliated to the Islamic State group in neighbouring Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, if they were about to attack Israeli soldiers or civilians. The “threat of terror from Sinai” has grown in recent years, Brigadier General Royi Elcabets said on Wednesday. Speaking at a ceremony marking the end of his two years as commander of the Edom division that controls the border with the Sinai, Elcabets said IS’s Egypt affiliate could attempt to attack Israel.“It is our duty to preempt it and strike at it, if and when this happens,” he said in remarks relayed by the military.
IDF says it could launch preemptive strikes in Sinai
The “threat of terror from Sinai” has grown in recent years, Brigadier General Royi Elcabets said on Wednesday.
Speaking at a ceremony marking the end of his two years as commander of the Edom division that controls the border with the Sinai, Elcabets said IS’s Egypt affiliate could attempt an attack on Israel.
“It is our duty to preempt it and strike at it, if and when this happens,” he said in remarks relayed by the military.
ISIS is everywhere the US and Israel need it to be- Same as AQ was