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Update: IAF hits 2 Hizbullah bases in Bekaa Valley
Jpost Reg Reqâd - EFLIAF warplanes have bombed two Hizbullah bases in southern Lebanonâs Bekaa valley Tuesday evening. Hizbullah Radio reports IAF warplanes are attacking Zikim and Alman in southern Lebanon. cause -> effect The IDF has confirmed that IAF jets bombed two terrorist bases used by the Hizbullah to train operatives and prepare attacks against Israeli targets. hope there were casualties Residents in the northern border town of Metula say they heard about four or five very large explosions. Israel holds Syria personally responsible for the attack on Monday which along the northern border with Lebanon which killed one IDF soldier and seriously injured another, senior security officials said Tuesday following a meeting with Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz. "Israel perceives the laying of explosive devices to be a provocation from Syria and the Hizbullah," Mofaz said. "I propose that we all act reasonably for the sake of the whole region." asking for the congenitally impossible Sgt.-Maj. Jan Rotchneski, 21, from Herzliya was killed and another soldier seriously wounded Monday afternoon in a Hizbullah anti-tank attack on an IDF D9 bulldozer as it was being used to clear a minefield along the Lebanese border. In a hint to Syria, Mofaz said "One who speaks of peace negotiations better first put down his weapons and cease all the evil terror activity which we will never come to terms with." The other injured soldier has undergone a number of operations and is said to be in serious but stable condition. Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Tuesday that if President Assad intends to use Hizbullah in his struggle against Israel, he needs to know that Israelâs reaction will be very clear. "remember the sonic boom over your house?" One senior military officer from the Northern Command told Army Radio that the death could have been avoided. "It was naivete on our part to think that we could neutralize the minefields in such a blatant and noisy way without the Hizbullah taking the opportunity to hit us," he said. "We could have saved the price of a human life in this incident." Snipers ready next time? Posted by: Frank G 2004-01-20 |
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