Israeli air strike on Syria

[GBU-28]

Article in Jpost suggests that Kuntar had become a direct Iranian agent and was even working against the interests of Hezbollah.

The air strike which targeted Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar on Saturday night was not an act of revenge for his brutal past acts of murder, according to Western sources.

Prior to his assassination, Kuntar had become a full-fledged Iranian operative, and went against Hezbollah’s attempt to downgrade its anti-Israel operations from Syria.

The alleged Israeli targeted assassination, reportedly using long-range precision-guided missiles, was designed to disrupt future terrorist activities planned by Kuntar – plots that were directly supported and funded by Iran, though, somewhat surprisingly, not by Hezbollah, according to Lebanese reports.

Iran can be expected to feel the need to respond to the assassination, and it is not clear whether Hezbollah will be able to avoid being part of any retaliation. If Iran orders Hezbollah to respond, the Lebanese organization may try to comply while refraining from escalating the situation into a wider clash.

After sustaining some 1,300 casualties and 5,000 wounded from its bloody intervention in neighboring Syria, Hezbollah is licking its wounds and not seeking a confrontation with Israel.

That, together with Israel’s alleged air strike in January on a convoy of Hezbollah and Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps operatives near Quneitra, significantly decreased the Lebanese Shi’ite organization’s appetite for a clash with Israel.

But Iran remains committed to attacking Israel from Syria, and its IRGC operatives helped Kuntar set up an operations room in greater Damascus, from which he coordinated plots against Israel. It is in that operations room where Kuntar was killed, together with his PR man, Farhan Sha’alan.

Kuntar’s cross-border terrorism plots against Israel posed the risk of opening a second front against Hezbollah at a time when the organization is keen to deal with its costly intervention in Syria.

Last month, while up on Mount Hermon overlooking Syria and the Druse village of Khadr, where Kuntar helped recruit attackers in the past, a senior security source told The Jerusalem Post: “There is someone who gets up every morning and asks, how can I carry out an attack on Israel? Most of the time, they run into great difficulties.”

Indeed, Kuntar was one of those people.

He had been active in Syria, working at Iran’s behest to establish cells that can plant border bombs, fire rockets or carry out cross-border infiltrations across the Syria-Israel border.

Any decision to launch an air strike against Kuntar would be guided by intelligence about his future intentions, not by any desire to take revenge for his past barbaric crimes in 1979, when he and fellow terrorists arrived from Lebanon by sea and murdered a father and his young daughter.

Yet Kuntar was only one part of a wider Iranian effort to set up a platform in southern Syria, according to Ely Karmon, senior researcher at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya.

“I think his main goal was to draft Syrian Druse who were close to the fence. He could have also dealt with intelligence activities aimed at infiltrating our side of the Golan. I assume this was also part of his role,” Karmon said.

If reports that the air strike brought down a multi-story building are true, Karmon added, “maybe Iranians were also there.”

Karmon drew attention to an important aspect of alleged Israeli operations in Syria at a time when Russia is heavily involved in the region.

Referring to reports that long-range Israeli missiles were allegedly used in the attack, Karmon said standoff weapons could help Israel strike a target in the heart of Syria without IAF jets entering Syrian airspace, thereby ensuring there would be no confrontation with the Russian air force.

“The Russians have the S-400 battery in Syria. I assume it can detect this type of aerial activity. Using long-range missiles could be a sign of hitting the target with extra care, without the need for the planes to approach [Syrian airspace],” he added.

Yet, as Karmon indicated, the strike underscores Israel’s commitment to maintain full operational freedom and disrupt imminent threats to its security.

 

[DavidSling]

well for that they sent a commando unit inside Israel and fired those missiles, the attack as I believe happened inside Israel territory.

they fired a missile from the other side of the border, the convoy that was hit was about 2km from the Israel side of the border

 

[Hack-Hook]

if the IDF gets into a war, it should quit from it's western strike war style and act like Russia, they shoot on whatever moves in Syria with unguided bombs.
In lebanon 2 Hizballa shoot unguided rockets and missiles on populated civilian areas.
today's war is guerilla warfare, enemies shoot at anti tank weapons from mosques, hospitals and houses, shooting rockets from populated areas so u won't attack them and that's Israel's achilles heel

battlefront in last war of Israel and Hezbollah even was not 20km inside Lebanon but Israel bombed even the most northern villages in Lebanon . so please don't talk about firing anti tank weapons from hospitals and mosques. And IDF used cluster munition and phosphorus ones in that war an populated area which is a lot worst than Russia use right now.

BIH.

Samir Kuntar - started career with murdering 4 year old girl, ended with murdering Syrian people.

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Farhan Shalan - member of "Syrian Resistance" aka "Iskanderun Liberation Brigade", responsible for Bayda and Baniyas massacre.

Bayda and Baniyas massacres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I wonder how many 4 years old girls brave Israeli hero's killed in Lebanon and gazza ?

 

[DavidSling]

battlefront in last war of Israel and Hezbollah even was not 20km inside Lebanon but Israel bombed even the most northern villages in Lebanon . so please don't talk about firing anti tank weapons from hospitals and mosques. And IDF used cluster munition and phosphorus ones in that war an populated area which is a lot worst than Russia use right now.

I wonder how many 4 years old girls brave Israeli hero's killed in Lebanon and gazza ?

High Court of Justice Rejects Petition against IDF Use of White Phosphorus - The Israel Democracy Institute
"
Analysis and Conclusions
As was noted above, the international community has often voiced criticism of the IDF's use of white phosphorus, especially following Operation Cast Lead. This criticism is similar to the international community's response to the IDF's use of cluster bombs in the Second Lebanon War in 2006, which served as a catalyst for the adoption of the Cluster Munitions Convention in 2008.10

Therefore, although the State's position that the use of white phosphorus as a smokescreen is not prohibited under current IHL provisions has a sound legal basis (as long as the principle of proportionality is observed), the IDF should follow the Court's recommendation and should conduct a thorough examination of the issue. This examination should include the consideration of alternatives and analyze the de facto use of white phosphorous by the IDF. If, indeed, the same military results could be achieved by using substances that do not have an incendiary effect and do not pose such a high risk to civilians, then clearly such substances should be used."

In any war that happens to be in a populated place civilians die.
Do u think Assad didn't kill childrens and inoccents?
Do u think Putin didn't kill childrens and inoccents?
Gimme a break from your one-sided view to blame only Israel.
if gazans didn't want their house to be destroied, they shouldn't have stored weapons and ammuniations inside them.
if hamas didn't want a war, it shouldn't have shoot rockets toward Israel.
And the fact that ur goverment is the one funding all the weapons for this terror group makes them as responsible to those deaths as any side that involved in this conflict

 

[GBU-28]

battlefront in last war of Israel and Hezbollah even was not 20km inside Lebanon but Israel bombed even the most northern villages in Lebanon . so please don't talk about firing anti tank weapons from hospitals and mosques. And IDF used cluster munition and phosphorus ones in that war an populated area which is a lot worst than Russia use right now.

The Hezzies were firing rockets even from within the homes of civilians. From their back gardens and from populated areas.

This is documented.

 

[mike2000 is back]

The Hezzies were firing rockets even from within the homes of civilians. From their back gardens and from populated areas.

This is documented.

LOL What do you expect? That's how terrorist groups operate worldwide. They hide behind civilians when faced with a powerful ennemy/foe. Same like how ISIS/Al Qaeda and others did in Iraq while targeting U.S/British forces. They know that if they were to fight Israel/U.S/British forces openly like a regular army then the battle wouldn't even last 2 days.

 

[Hack-Hook]

they fired a missile from the other side of the border, the convoy that was hit was about 2km from the Israel side of the border

its what happened according to Lebanon army

On January 28, 2015, at 11:25am (UTC+02:00), a Hezbollah unit, "al-Quneitra Martyrs' group" (مجموعة شهداء القنيطرة, a reference to the attack in Quneitra against a Hezbollah convoy), consisted of 5 militants, fired anti-tank missiles (supposedly Kornet) at two Humvees of an Israeli military convoy of Tsabar Battalion of Givati Brigade in the Israeli-occupied Shebaa farms near the Lebanon border. Hezbollah immediately issued a brief statement claiming responsibility for the attack. A Lebanese army spokesman said the missile was not fired from Lebanese territory.

And this was Hezbollah announcement

"They killed us in broad daylight, we killed them in broad daylight. They killed us around 11:30 am, we killed them at 11:30 am. They targeted two cars, we targeted two cars. They had killed and wounded, we too had martyrs". He said Hezbollah would retaliate against any future Israeli attacks, saying that Hezbollah is "no longer concerned with anything called the 'rules of engagement'. It is our right, our legal right and our moral right, to confront the aggression at any time, any place and in any form whatsoever". He concluded that "we don’t want a war—this is not weak talk—but we are not afraid of war".

 

[azzo]

Good job, that war criminal killed children with machettes.
He proudy admitted of killing a little girl who tried to beg him to spare her just because her name was Aisha, he told her something like :"damn whomever who don't cut you to pieces."

What a turd, just like the people who support him.

 

[mike2000 is back]

High Court of Justice Rejects Petition against IDF Use of White Phosphorus - The Israel Democracy Institute
"
Analysis and Conclusions
As was noted above, the international community has often voiced criticism of the IDF's use of white phosphorus, especially following Operation Cast Lead. This criticism is similar to the international community's response to the IDF's use of cluster bombs in the Second Lebanon War in 2006, which served as a catalyst for the adoption of the Cluster Munitions Convention in 2008.10

Therefore, although the State's position that the use of white phosphorus as a smokescreen is not prohibited under current IHL provisions has a sound legal basis (as long as the principle of proportionality is observed), the IDF should follow the Court's recommendation and should conduct a thorough examination of the issue. This examination should include the consideration of alternatives and analyze the de facto use of white phosphorous by the IDF. If, indeed, the same military results could be achieved by using substances that do not have an incendiary effect and do not pose such a high risk to civilians, then clearly such substances should be used."

In any war that happens to be in a populated place civilians die.
Do u think Assad didn't kill childrens and inoccents?
Do u think Putin didn't kill childrens and inoccents?
Gimme a break from your one-sided view to blame only Israel.
if gazans didn't want their house to be destroied, they shouldn't have stored weapons and ammuniations inside them.
if hamas didn't want a war, it shouldn't have shoot rockets toward Israel.
And the fact that ur goverment is the one funding all the weapons for this terror group makes them as responsible to those deaths as any side that involved in this conflict

I agree, Well, our human rights activist here in the west seem to live in a dream world where everything is rosy/peaceful and terrorist groups in the region can do no harm. lool They are people we shouldn't even take seriously since they don't live in this world, they live in an imaginary world. Reminds me of our labour leader Jeremy Corbyn saying he is against using force to stop terrorist killing British civilians in our cities like the one that happened in Paris. He thinks we should try and negotiate/talk to them to lay down their arms. LOL
As i said they live in an imaginary world. So don't even bother with them dude, keep doing your thing, as long as it keeps Israel safe and send these jihadists/terrorists on a one way ticket to hell..

 

[Hack-Hook]

The Hezzies were firing rockets even from within the homes of civilians. From their back gardens and from populated areas.

This is documented.

don't talk nonsense . you guys never managed to advanced even 20 km inside Lebanon and even could not reach litany river . all Hezbollah fired was from within 20 to 30 km of border not from Beirut or north of Lebanon so save those pathetic excuses for some people who don't knew what happened there .

 

[DavidSling]

its what happened according to Lebanon army And this was Hezbollah announcement

Earlier, IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Moti Almoz described the two incidents that constituted the double-pronged Hezbollah attack. In the first, an anti-tank missile fired from southern Lebanon struck an IDF vehicle traveling with other military vehicles, resulting in “a number of injures” among IDF soldiers.

Soon afterward, mortar shells launched from Syria were fired at IDF positions on Mount Dov and Mount Hermon.
2 IDF soldiers killed in anti-tank missile attack on Lebanon border; Hezbollah takes credit - Arab-Israeli Conflict - Jerusalem Post

don't talk nonsense . you guys never managed to advanced even 20 km inside Lebanon and even could not reach litany river . all Hezbollah fired was from within 20 to 30 km of border not from Beirut or north of Lebanon so save those pathetic excuses for some people who don't knew what happened there .

Shoot rockets toward civilian POPULATED areas

 

[Hack-Hook]

LOL What do you expect? That's how terrorist groups operate worldwide. They hide behind civilians when faced with a powerful ennemy/foe. Same like how ISIS/Al Qaeda and others did in Iraq while targeting U.S/British forces. They know that if they were to fight Israel/U.S/British forces openly like a regular army then the battle wouldn't even last 2 days.

above answer is also an answer to you , and yes firing from evacuated villages is sign of terrorists not firing from 10km above ground is sign of civilization . in that war terrorist Hezbollah killed 60 civilian and 130 military personnel and civilized Israel killed 1300 civilian and 200-400 militia according to different sources . statistics talk for itself.

 

[DavidSling]

above answer is also an answer to you , and yes firing from evacuated villages is sign of terrorists not firing from 10km above ground is sign of civilization . in that war terrorist Hezbollah killed 60 civilian and 130 military personnel and civilized Israel killed 1300 civilian and 200-400 militia according to different sources . statistics talk for itself.

It's not how many was killed that determine what happened.
Israelies fled to the south of the country and hide in shelters, while lebanise had none.
Hizballa fought in a civilized territory, and that's why innocents were killed.
Hizballa shoot missiles toward populated territories with unguided missiles and rockets in purpose.
Israelies build shelters and anti missile batteries while hamas and hizballah build more rockets and missiles and don't give a damn about lebanon nor gaza citizens (that's why they fought in populated areas, why didn't build shelters and hide weapons in peoples homes)

 

[Hack-Hook]

Earlier, IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Moti Almoz described the two incidents that constituted the double-pronged Hezbollah attack. In the first, an anti-tank missile fired from southern Lebanon struck an IDF vehicle traveling with other military vehicles, resulting in “a number of injures” among IDF soldiers.

Soon afterward, mortar shells launched from Syria were fired at IDF positions on Mount Dov and Mount Hermon.
2 IDF soldiers killed in anti-tank missile attack on Lebanon border; Hezbollah takes credit - Arab-Israeli Conflict - Jerusalem Post


Shoot rockets toward civilian POPULATED areas

and in said mortar shell fired after Israel arthillety fired at Lebanon.And I don't see any different between firing rockets at civilian area and releasing bombs over civilian areas. So here is the case of pot say to the pot your face is black.

 

[Blue Marlin]

were the russains notified of the strike.