Following a fire at Israeli Air Force planes: a Syrian anti-aircraft battery was destroyed The IAF p

[dani191]

Following a fire at Israeli Air Force planes: a Syrian anti-aircraft battery was destroyed
The IAF planes destroyed an SA-5 anti-aircraft battery of the Syrian army after it fired earlier at Israeli Air Force planes that were in routine operation over Lebanese territory.
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An exceptional incident occurred when Israeli Air Force planes destroyed an anti-aircraft battery of the Syrian army that fired a missile at Israeli Air Force planes during routine operations in Lebanese territory.

The IDF Spokesman stated that the IAF fighter planes destroyed an SA-5 Syrian anti-aircraft battery 50km east of Damascus.The IDF Spokesman, Brig. Gen. Ronen Manlis, told military correspondents that the planes had fired bombs at the battery and that It was destroyed and all our aircraft returned safely to their bases.

"We see the Syrian regime as responsible," Manlis added, adding that "this is a provocation, apparently it is their fear of an Israeli attack, we will not allow provocations and cross red lines, and we will respond as we have now."
http://www.israeldefense.co.il/he/node/31391

 

[Beny Karachun]

 

[jaiind]

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

do they have any agreement with lebenon for fighter flights???
if not than it is an agression against a sovereign state.

 

[Beny Karachun]

do they have any agreement with lebenon for fighter flights???
if not than it is an agression against a sovereign state.

Seems like we don't care, and Syria has no power to stop us.

 

[litman]

hitler was a visionary man.

 

[Beny Karachun]

hitler was a visionary man.

In the end we will adapt some of his tactics.

 

[Natan]

do they have any agreement with lebenon for fighter flights???
if not than it is an agression against a sovereign state.

An aggression against a sovereign state?? OK, so now Lebanon can recall their diplomats from Israel and even declare war on us.

But alas, there were never any Lebanese diplomats in Israel and technically we are already in a state of war since 1948. Now what?

 

[Yaseen1]

what russia is doing

 

[fitpOsitive]

In the end we will adapt some of his tactics.

And will meet the same end.

what russia is doing

Bombing.

 

[Natan]

what russia is doing

Selling S400 to another victim.

 

[Solomon2]

do they have any agreement with lebenon for fighter flights???
if not than it is an agression against a sovereign state.

No, because under 2006 U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, paragraph 15, member-states have the right to employ their naval and air forces to interdict Hezbollah's training and resupply efforts, and under post-9/11 UNSC Resolution 1373 member-states have the binding sovereign obligation to eliminate terror bases on their territory; failure to comply means no grounds for sovereignty violations when another member-state attacks terror targets, or is on a "routine operation" to do so.

 

[Gomig-21]

Israeli Air Force planes destroyed an anti-aircraft battery of the Syrian army

Sounds like an exaggeration, as usual. They used 4 different types of munitions and only hit the SAM's fire control radar.

 

[DavidSling]

Sounds like an exaggeration, as usual. They used 4 different types of munitions and only hit the SAM's fire control radar.

They purposely only destroyed the fire control radar, which can be replaced, cause of the relations with Russia.
Russia was told about the incident in real time.

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That’s why Monday morning’s showdown, experts say, will strengthen Israel’s case that Syria and Lebanon have morphed into a single theater of operations; and without firm discipline from Moscow, Israel will be compelled to act against Russia’s ally in Damascus.

Just last week, Liberman told soldiers that Israel will face one, single theater of operations in its next war in the north. “If once we talked about the Lebanese theater, there’s no longer such a thing. There’s the northern theater. With all the developments, it will be one theater, with Syria and Lebanon together with Hezbollah, the Assad regime, and all those who assist the Assad regime,” Liberman said.

According to the Israeli defense minister, despite “all our efforts to prevent the next war,” outbreak of hostilities can happen at any time. “In this new Middle East, all the assessments that we prepared for previously … are simply not relevant. The reality is fragile. It can happen from one moment to the next, from today to tomorrow.”

Uzi Rabi, a professor at Tel Aviv University’s Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, said Israel’s attack on the Syrian anti-aircraft battery sent a strong message not only to the Syrian regime, but to its Russian patrons. In an Oct. 16 interview with Israel’s Ynet news service, Rabi said the action must be viewed in the larger context of Russia’s new role in the region, as well as its ability to influence bad actors like Iran.

“The Russians have a fully comprehensive picture of all that happens in Syria … and Israel is acting wisely and persistently in pressing its case that Iran cannot be permitted to have a presence in Syria after the war with the Islamic State is won,” Rabi said. “Israel knows that in order to operate in this region, it must have clear understandings with the Russians.”

Conricus, the IDF spokesman, told reporters that the Russians were notified “in real time, immediately before” Israel’s attack on the Syrian anti-aircraft battery. He said Shoigu would get “a full briefing on the matter” during his meeting at Israel’s Defense Ministry.

“This was obviously not a preplanned event. We responded to Syrian fire, and we hold the Syrian regime responsible for any fire and any attacks originating from Syria,” he said.

Later this week, Liberman is scheduled to fly to Washington to meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to discuss strengthened bilateral cooperation and “coordinated action … pertaining to our concerns about Iranian aggression in the region,” a Defense Ministry source told Defense News.

The Defense Ministry source declined to say whether Liberman intended to raise Israel’s concerns about expanded U.S. security assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces, which includes joint training, military aid and a growing list of sophisticated military hardware. However, in the same Oct. 11 address to soldiers, Liberman did not mask his contempt for the ostensible role of the U.S.-supported Lebanese Armed Forces as a counterweight to Hezbollah.

According to a transcript released from his office, Liberman told soldiers: “When we’re talking about the Lebanese theater, we’re no longer talking of only Hezbollah. We’re talking about Hezbollah and the Lebanese Army. Unfortunately this is reality. The Lebanese Army has become an integral and inseparable part of Hezbollah’s order of battle and under [Hezbollah’s] command.”

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[Gomig-21]

They purposely only destroyed the fire control radar, which can be replaced, cause of the relations with Russia.
Russia was told about the incident in real time.

I was just correcting the misleading information in the OP.