Israel Strikes Convoy on Lebanon/Syria Border

[presence]

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=301528
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90T0K120130130

(Reuters) - Israeli forces attacked a convoy on the Syrian-Lebanese border overnight, a Western diplomat and regional security sources said on Wednesday, as concern has grown in the Jewish state over the fate of Syrian chemical and advanced conventional weapons.

The sources, four in total, all of whom declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, had no further information about what the vehicles may have been carrying, what forces were used or where precisely the attack happened.
In the run-up to the raid, Israeli officials have been warning very publicly of a threat of high-tech anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles reaching Israel's enemies in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah from Syria. They have also echoed U.S. concerns about Syria's presumed chemical weapons arsenal.
The Lebanese army reported a heavy presence of Israeli jets over its territory throughout the night.

Iran, Israel's arch-foe and one of Damascus's few allies, said on Saturday it would consider any attack on Syria as an attack on itself.

[pcosmar]

So that pretty well eliminates the chance of Israel being attacked for no reason.

as if there were not dozens of valid reasons already.

[Romulus]

And when/if Israel is blowbacked.. it'll be 'poor them'.

[pcosmar]

Watch for chemical weapons some where in the vicinity.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...Assad-s-regime

[alucard13mmfmj]

So if Syrian retaliates to defend itself.. then Syria is the bad guy?

Syria is probably busy trying to fight the rebels. Syria is probably low on weapons and ammo to bother giving weapons and ammo to Lebanese Hezbolla.

[COpatriot]

Syria says Israel hit a military research center so we'll see who we should believe.

[Seraphim]

Exactly. From a political stand point, Israel just shot itself in the foot.

Aweful, aweful decision.

So that pretty well eliminates the chance of Israel being attacked for no reason.

as if there were not dozens of valid reasons already.

[sailingaway]

http://www.blacklistednews.com/Israe...medium=twitter

[robert68]

And the elephant in the room is that "Israel" has occupied the Golan Heights since taking it in 1967. Moshe Dayan, Israel "Defense" minister during the 6 day war in 1967:

I made a mistake in allowing the Israel conquest of the Golan Heights. As defense minister I should have stopped it because the Syrians were not threatening us at the time [fourth day of the war].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_D...War_.281967.29

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http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomac...emium-1.500315

Lebanon Army: Israeli fighter planes penetrated Lebanese air space

Lebanese media says Israel Air Force jets entered air space in south, then flew over number of areas in three separate missions; no confirmation of report, which comes days after after Netanyahu warned that Syrian chemical weapons could fall into Hezbollah hands in Lebanon.

An IAF plane.


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Israel Air Force jets reportedly flew over Lebanon's air space in three separate missions late Tuesday and early Wednesday, Lebanese media reported. There was no confirmation of the report from Israel.

A Lebanese army statement said that four Israeli planes entered Lebanese air space at 4:30 P.M. on Tuesday. They were replaced four hours later by another group of planes which flew over southern Lebanon until 2 A.M. A third mission then took over, finally leaving at 7:55 A.M. on Wednesday morning.
The report comes just a few days after the Lebanon Army reported that the IAF had violated Lebanon's airspace on Saturday in four different incidents. The Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star reported that IAF fighter jets were seen flying around the Beka'a Valley.

Also Saturday, the Lebanese daily Al-Mustaqbal said that an explosion struck a weapons storage facility in an area of southern Lebanon controlled by Hezbollah. The report was not confirmed by Lebanon's government or by the Lebanese army. The latter said it had conducted a number of controlled explosions on Saturday of munitions left over from the Second Lebanon War. According to the daily, the explosion took place in the small town of Machghara, located in the Beka'a Valley. It said that a cloud of smoke was seen rising from the site, which was quickly cordoned off by Hezbollah forces.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned his cabinet ministers of the risk that chemical weapons from Syria could be falling into the hands of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
"It is necessary to look at our surroundings, both at what is happening with Iran and its proxies, and what is happening in other arenas - lethal weaponry in Syria, which is steadily breaking up," Netanyahu said during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.

The commander of the Israel Air Force, Major General Amir Eshel on Tuesday issued his own warning over the volatility of Syria and its weapons. Addressing the international space conference in Herzliya, Eshel described Syria as a "country falling apart", adding: "Nobody has any idea right now what is going to happen in Syria on the day after, and how the country is going to look. This [sectarian crisis] is happening in a place with a huge weapons arsenal, some of which are new and advanced, and some of which are not conventional."
The "direct threats" against the Israeli front could come from far away, Eshel added, and could include ground, naval missiles, and air missiles, among other weapons.
Following Netanyahu's warning about Syria this week, there has been an increased demand for gas mask kits among the Israeli public. The Israel Postal Company, which has been distributing the kits in the center of the country, says it has received double the number of requests since Netanyahu made his remarks on Sunday.
Some 4,000 kits were distributed on Tuesday alone, compared to an average of 1,400 daily last week.
Around 4,700,000 kits have been distributed in Israel in recent years, as part of a new government plan to equip the public. That program will end in a few months, and due to lack of budget, it is not clear when it will resume.