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| Syrian Army fires across border into Israel to retaliate for airstrikes |
| 2013-05-21 |
| Israel and Syria traded fire across their border today in the third such incident in a week. Although Israel has not taken sides in Syria's civil war, it has been explicit that it is willing to take drastic measures to ensure that, amid Syria's chaos, advanced weapons do not drift unnoticed into the hands of the anti-Israel militant group and Damascus-ally Hezbollah. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was "preparing for every scenario" and that "we will act to ensure the security interest of Israel's citizens in the future as well," Reuters reports. The Israeli military confirmed today that their soldiers "returned precise fire" after Syria fired on Israeli troops in the Golan Heights, former Syrian territory that Israel annexed after the 1967 war. The Times of Israel reports that the Syrian Army stated that its troops "destroyed" an Israeli military vehicle, along with those in it, but that the Israel Defense Forces spokesman's office reported that a vehicle was "hit by light weapons fire, causing slight damage to the vehicle." It was the first time that the Syrian Army acknowledged firing across the border into Israel since the outbreak of civil war. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 Israel depends on foreign aid money and weapons That was before Bibi Netanyahu liberated the Israeli economy from Labour Party socialism back in the '90s, dear Snise Cruter2274. And before Israel discovered natural gas reserves that are the fourth largest in the world, or something like that. They started pumping last week, I believe. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-05-21 23:05 |
| #6 This news is from last week, to which Baby Assad has already denied his Boyz fired into Israel. Have a look at the date of the article, Joe. |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-05-21 19:46 |
| #5 This news is from last week, to which Baby Assad has already denied his Boyz fired into Israel. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-05-21 19:40 |
| #4 Qatar sends weapons and aid to rebels. Qatar invests billions with Russia and Chinks. Some country has base in Qatar but no clue. Israel depends on foreign aid money and weapons Qatar has both and Israel none unless given to them. Countries bow to Qatar and Saud but they play all sides even their own people it cannot be sustained by any side. |
| Posted by: Snise Cruter2274 2013-05-21 18:37 |
| #3 This may sound stupid but... *which* Syrian army? |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2013-05-21 16:26 |
| #2 Talk about a suicidal decision. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-05-21 16:13 |
| #1 Israel may step up strikes inside Syria, military warns |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-05-21 13:59 |