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Israel Air Force kills 4 ISIS terrorists in Syria
[Ynet] IDF registers four kills against ISIS Lions of Islam following gunshots and mortars in Israel's direction from Syria; incident breaks with usual patterns of similar incidents in which fighting between rebel forces and the Syrian regime usually presumed to be the cause of stray mortars and bullets; IDF currently checking whether mortars landed in Israeli territory, no injuries reported.The Israel Air Force killed four ISIS Lions of Islam on Sunday morning after launching a retaliatory strike just minutes after mortars and gunshots were fired in Israel's direction from Syria. No other injuries were reported in the incident. The skirmish began when a unit of the IDF Golani Brigade was in the middle of conducting an ambush operation as it crossed the fence while remaining in Israeli territory near the moshav of Nov. The soldiers came under fire by the Lions of Islam from a heavy machine gun-mounted vehicle. Shortly after the gunshots were reported, prompting the soldiers to return fire, a number of mortar shells were also fired in Israel's direction from the Syrian side of the Golan Heights which landed near the security fence. Moments later, the IAF reported it had liquidated all four terrorists. A senior IDF official praised the swift Israeli response: "The response was sharp and swift and was intended to send a message that we are in the area and are determined to protect our border. The IDF’s response took place within minutes." the official said. "We have no intention of escalating matters in the area but we will not accept a reality in which forces open fire in our direction." At his weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed these reflections. "We are well prepared on our northern border and will not allow Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... elements or any other hostile elements to use the war in Syria to establish themselves close to our borders," he said. The incident breaks with usual patterns of similar incidents which have taken place over recent weeks in which fighting between rebel forces and the Syrian regime is usually presumed to be the cause of stray mortars and bullets, rather than deliberate attacks by ISIS terrorists. Nevertheless, the assault on Israeli territory does come against a background of renewed fighting between rebel forces and the Syrian army commanded by  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Horror of Homs... Indeed, on Saturday rebel forces announced an operation designed to lift the regime’s siege on areas controlled by the rebels. The new leader of the ISIS branch in the Golan is Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi who replaced his predecessor who was killed in a boom-mobile in Yarmouk Camp on October 18.
...a rebel group in southern Syria. They gained attention when they abducted 21 Filipino UN soldiers in early March 2013, releasing them on 10 March 2013. The group has been accused by other Syrian rebel groups of being affiliated with the Islamic State, which it denies. Their leader is Abo Ali al-Baridi, who denies they're takfiris. They just want to apply God’s rule and Sharia. They have been attacked by al-Nusra and other groups allied with it, probably because they're so pious... ’ Brigade, a terrorist group in Syria that is connected with the Islamic State. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-11-28 |
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