The head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday confirmed that Israel was behind an airstrike on the Syria-Iraq border in early November that targeted a truck convoy and reportedly killed at least 10 people.
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi claimed that a truck in the convoy was carrying weapons from Iran to Lebanon, while Syrian reports said it was carrying fuel. For their part, Hezbollah denied that it had anything to do with the trucks that were targeted.
Israel often bombs Syria but rarely takes credit for individual strikes. It’s not clear why Kohavi admitted to the airstrike, but he claimed that Israeli intelligence capabilities helped locate which truck to hit.
“We needed to send pilots to the right place and they had to evade surface-to-air missiles fired at them. They needed to attack, they needed to hit their targets and come back safely and not kill people who shouldn’t be killed. These are very advanced capabilities,” Kohavi said
The Wall Street Journal reported at the time that the strike destroyed two fuel tankers shortly after they entered Syria and killed 10 people, including an unknown number of Iranians. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the casualty figure higher, saying 15 people were killed and described them as mostly “pro-Iranian fighters.”
The latest known Israeli airstrikes in Syria took place this past weekend in the southern part of the country and reportedly targeted a Syrian military radar system. Hours after the strike, the IDF dropped threatening leaflets in the area, warning the Syrian military against cooperation with Hezbollah.
Well, Israel could cause a bit of a ruckus…
Donna, it’s IsraHell that’ll start WWIII by goading the United Snakes to attack Iran, which neither Russia nor China will take well at all.
I better start making the popcorn…..
I’ll help, Donna; we’re gonna need a lot of it!
“”Israel rarely takes credit for individual strikes. It’s not clear why Kohavi admitted to the airstrike””
maybe israel wants syria to retaliate so that israel can say “look syria is attacking us!” and then start bombing them in earnest
Clever thinking PN!
“Syria to retaliate” With what?
if you could see me right now ken you would realize that i am pinching your head
Well I am glad you are pinching my head. Now can you tell what capabilities that Syria has to retaliate against Israel. I’m not talking about some token firing of rockets at farmland, what can Syria really do?
how would i know ken. i live in los angeles.
but if syria were toothless then they would have been overrun long ago.
The resistance fighters of Hezbollah will level Tel Aviv airport once and for all
And how will they do that?
An avalanche of guided missiles
you will see
They have some Russian weapons but Russia is busy right now.
You cowardly vultures always pick on the most vulnerable who can’t defend themselves.
What an efficiency…!!! Hitting the Trucks with Arms versus the Trucks with Fuel…. This must go to the Guinness Book of Records…!!!
IDF Chief Confirms Israeli Airstrike Hit Dirt