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| Blast Wounds 4 Israeli Troops in Golan, Netanyahu Vows 'Forceful' Response |
| 2014-03-19 |
| [An Nahar] A bomb along the Syria-Israel frontier in the occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday maimed four Israeli soldiers, the Israeli army said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel would act "forcefully." The army said in a statement that "an bomb exploded against IDF (Israeli military) soldiers patrolling the Israeli-Syrian border," adding that several soldiers were maimed in the attack. In remarks to Agence La Belle France Presse, security sources confirmed the bombing, saying the kaboom damaged an army jeep as it drove near the ceasefire line with Syria, outside the Druze town of Majdal Shams. The Israeli media had earlier said the maimed soldiers sustained light to moderate injuries. "The blast that hit the Israeli army jeep was apparently caused by a roadside kaboom planted near the border fence in Majdal Shams. Israeli forces responded to the blast with artillery fire and the army said it hit several targets," the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. Israel said it fired shells at Syrian army posts and sent strong-worded warnings to the Syrian government through U.N. forces in the wake of the blast. Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility, analysts pointed to similarities with an kaboom last week targeting troops along the Lebanese border, which was blamed on Hizbullah ... Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... , and a similar attempt in the Golan on March 5. An Israeli security source said Tuesday's incident targeted a patrol driving along the ceasefire line near the Druze town of Majdal Shams. "The soldiers were in a jeep near the fence and they saw something suspicious, so they got out and that's when the device went off," the source told Agence La Belle France Presse. The Israeli army confirmed four soldiers had been maimed by an bomb, prompting troops to open fire on Syrian military positions. "We view the Syrian army as responsible for this incident... this indicates our response to the attack," military front man Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner told news hounds, saying it was the most serious incident on the Golan since the outbreak of the Syrian uprising in March 2011. He was unable to confirm whether or not Hizbullah had been involved in the blast, which he said struck "adjacent to the fence, east of Majdal Shams, in the area under Israeli illusory sovereignty." Meanwhile, ...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight... Netanyahu said Israel will act "forcefully" to defend itself. "We will act forcefully to preserve Israel's security," he said in remarks broadcast on army radio, saying there were an increasing number of jihadists and Lebanese Hizbullah fighters on the Syrian side of the strategic plateau. |
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| #1 Israel's air force strikes Syrian targets in response to jeep attack |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-19 17:07 |