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Bosonic

(3,746 posts)
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 06:31 PM Jun 2014

Israel launches strikes on targets in Syria

Source: YnetNews

The Israel Air Force launched attacks on several targets in Syrian-controlled Golan Heights late Monday night in response to a missile attack earlier in the day that killed a 13-year-old boy on the Israeli side of the border. Residents of northern Israel reported hearing explosions from across the border with Syria.

The strikes were launched shortly after midnight, when IAF jets fired missiles on Syrian army positions on the Syrian-controlled Golan Heights.

Syrian opposition sources claimed that there were 3 attacks on Syrian army positions. They said the headquarters of Syria's 90th Division, which is stationed in Quneitra, was also attacked.

Earlier in the day, the IDF responded to the killing of Israeli teen Mohammed Karaka by firing artillery rounds into outposts on Syrian territory, but later discussions raised the possibility of attacking other targets on the Syrian Golan.

Read more: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4533314,00.html

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Israel launches strikes on targets in Syria (Original Post) Bosonic Jun 2014 OP
oh great. here we go. 2banon Jun 2014 #1
Well of course they would. seabeckind Jun 2014 #2
So they are to stand by while the Syrians kill 13 year-olds? former9thward Jun 2014 #3
It makes no sense to attack the Syrian army if the attacks came from the rebels. Ash_F Jun 2014 #6
The rebels do not control the Golan Heights area. former9thward Jun 2014 #11
The Israelis sulphurdunn Jun 2014 #9
Yes, the missile appeared from nowhere. former9thward Jun 2014 #12
Apparently, the missile came sulphurdunn Jun 2014 #18
did you read the article, there was an attack on their side which kiilled a 13 year old JI7 Jun 2014 #5
Did you? Ash_F Jun 2014 #7
The rebels are nowhere near that area. former9thward Jun 2014 #13
The rebels are all over the golan height jamzrockz Jun 2014 #15
"The Israelis shelter and arm them because they prefer the jihadists over a secular govt with Assad. pampango Jun 2014 #19
Utter nonsense. former9thward Jun 2014 #20
There are video of Israeli nurses jamzrockz Jun 2014 #22
What? From the article: Ash_F Jun 2014 #21
Rebels are not in the Golan Heights. former9thward Jun 2014 #23
Let me help you out. Ash_F Jun 2014 #24
You can repeat that sentence until your computer breaks. former9thward Jun 2014 #25
It doesn't matter what you believe. /nt Ash_F Jun 2014 #26
'Israeli teen Mohammed Karaka' is invisible to some. Just wish these nations would find a solution. freshwest Jun 2014 #16
This should be interesting hangfire00 Jun 2014 #4
With the civil war going on in Syria ripcord Jun 2014 #8
just another USS Liberty? ECHOFIELDS Jun 2014 #10
No it is not plausible. former9thward Jun 2014 #14
Post removed Post removed Jun 2014 #17
You are aware that the Golan heights and Gaza are on completely different sides of Israel right? Kurska Jun 2014 #28
Any sign that Syria's air force makes any attempt to intercept Israeli jets or are they too busy pampango Jun 2014 #27

seabeckind

(1,957 posts)
2. Well of course they would.
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 07:32 PM
Jun 2014

Never underestimate the ability of the Israelis to take advantage of a vacuum.

Probably stake out some more land for settlements.

Ash_F

(5,861 posts)
6. It makes no sense to attack the Syrian army if the attacks came from the rebels.
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 08:36 PM
Jun 2014

"Control your kind" is the message here, I suppose.

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
9. The Israelis
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 09:00 PM
Jun 2014

never claimed the Syrian army or the rebels were responsible for the attack that killed the boy.

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
18. Apparently, the missile came
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 08:31 AM
Jun 2014

from Syria, ergo, launched by Syrians? Most likely, but of all Syrians the least likely perps would have been the Syrian army. It would, however, have the easiest and richest targets to retaliate against.

 

jamzrockz

(1,333 posts)
15. The rebels are all over the golan height
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 02:22 AM
Jun 2014

I think vice made a documentary on the rebels of golan heights. The Israelis treat, shelter and arm them because they prefer the jihadists over a secular govt with Assad. They always find a reason to bomb the Syria army every time they start gaining on the rebels. Truly shameful what they are doing to Syria

pampango

(24,692 posts)
19. "The Israelis shelter and arm them because they prefer the jihadists over a secular govt with Assad.
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 09:19 AM
Jun 2014

Since neither Syria nor Israel has had a soldier killed by the other in the 40 years leading up to the Syrian revolution, I doubt that Israel was that unhappy with Assad whose main concern was staying in power. Assad's tanks and jets have been used against Syrians not against Israelis.

I doubt that Israeli leaders seriously think that a Syria governed by jihadists (not known for their love of Israel) would be preferable to one governed by a dictator mainly interested in his own survival.

 

jamzrockz

(1,333 posts)
22. There are video of Israeli nurses
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 02:34 PM
Jun 2014

saying that they have treated rebels soldiers some of whom were fighting outside the FSA authority. Also there was video on liveleak a year ago showing the Syria army capturing rebels weapons with Hebrew works written on it. I will try and find some of it and post it

Ash_F

(5,861 posts)
21. What? From the article:
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 02:28 PM
Jun 2014
"Investigations conducted Sunday night in GOC Northern Command raised the possibility that the advanced Kornet anti-tank missile was fired from an area contested by the Syrian army and rebel forces."

former9thward

(31,936 posts)
23. Rebels are not in the Golan Heights.
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 03:23 PM
Jun 2014

There are many Syrian army bases there. That is what was referenced in the OP.

Ash_F

(5,861 posts)
24. Let me help you out.
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 03:28 PM
Jun 2014
"Investigations conducted Sunday night in GOC Northern Command raised the possibility that the advanced Kornet anti-tank missile was fired from an area contested by the Syrian army and rebel forces."

former9thward

(31,936 posts)
25. You can repeat that sentence until your computer breaks.
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 03:32 PM
Jun 2014

I don't believe there are rebel forces in the Golan Heights area referenced in the OP. Go ahead and repeat it again. This time bold the whole thing.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
16. 'Israeli teen Mohammed Karaka' is invisible to some. Just wish these nations would find a solution.
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 02:46 AM
Jun 2014
That doesn't involve shelling each other. Not much hope of that.

I suspect Mohammed Karaka was not the only person harmed when Syria launched at Israel and they are now seeking to reduce the risk of more deaths.

They've been at each other for a generation or more now. Awful as it is, this will take time to resolve, or it may never be resolved.

Look at the Korean peninsula, that's only a truce. Other battles within nations and between nations take a generation or more to resolve. There is no promise of peace.

 

ECHOFIELDS

(25 posts)
10. just another USS Liberty?
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 12:00 AM
Jun 2014

Is it plausible that the IDF was really aiming at legitimate targets in the Gaza Strip but just had another case of mistaken misdirected military attack like the one they "ACCIDENTALLY" perpetrated against the USS Liberty of 1967 infamy for which every POTUS of both stripes since LBJ have kept religiously top secretly MUM about out of deep respect for the donors of AIPAC?

Response to ECHOFIELDS (Reply #10)

Kurska

(5,739 posts)
28. You are aware that the Golan heights and Gaza are on completely different sides of Israel right?
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 06:49 PM
Jun 2014

And yes, of course Israel intentionally attacked their only ally in their darkest hour, because they are just evil jews I guess. Friendly fire never happens in war.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
27. Any sign that Syria's air force makes any attempt to intercept Israeli jets or are they too busy
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 05:27 PM
Jun 2014

bombing Syrian cities?

From an October 2012 article in BBC magazine.

Syrians thought their jets were for combat with Israel. "Now they know better."

Pity the Syrian people. They had been given to believe that fighter jets in the arsenal of the state - those Russian-made MIGs they once viewed with pride - were there for the stand-off with Israel. Now they know better. The runs over Aleppo, the bombings of Idlib, have laid bare the truth. It is no accident that the founder of this regime, Hafez al-Assad, emerged from the ranks of the air force, which is not often an incubator of coup-makers. There would come a day, the masters of this minority regime doubtless knew, when fighter jets would be used at home.

Of the rebellions that broke out among the Arabs in the last two years, the struggle in Syria was bound to be a case apart. Think of the Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali calling it quits and leaving with his loot, of Hosni Mubarak stepping aside after 18 magical days of protest - this Syrian rebellion's ferocity belongs to a different world of insurrections.

The Syrians must have understood the uniqueness of their situation. They took their time before they set out to challenge the entrenched regime. The first stirrings came two or three months after the other Arabs rose against their rulers. In a refugee camp on the outskirts of Antakya in Turkey, a young lawyer from Jisr al-Shughur - a Sunni town that tasted the full cruelty of the security forces - told me that he had been ready for a long war. He had left his home in the first summer of the rebellion, in 2011, but brought with him his winter clothes.

He was under no illusions about the rulers - they would fight a scorched-earth war. They were a minority, historically disdained, but all powerful. They had risen by the sword, knew no other way, and were certain that defeat on the battlefield would be the end of the world they had carved out over the last four decades.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19882416
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