Israeli helicopters carried out a devastating attack on the convoy and Iranian Hezbollah militants “advisors” in Syria. The number of deaths is not clear, but certainly killed several high-ranking and well-known members of the Lebanese militia and citizens of Iran. Hezbollah declared place your hand on standby.
The attack killed among others the son of the late Hezbollah leader Imad Mughi, Jihad. With him he had to bear the death of Mohammad Issa, commander of the Lebanese militias in Syria, where they support Bashar Assad in the fight against the insurgency.
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The exact number killed is not known. Depending on the source, ranges from six to ten. Around half of the victims will be the citizens of Iran, which supports Hezbollah intensively authorities and the Syrian regime by sending to Syria, inter alia, weapons and “advisors.”
rockets across the border
The attack carried out two Israeli helicopters AH-64 Apache in the area of the Golan Heights. Machines had to fire a few rockets in the direction of Lebanese and Iranian convoy moving through near the border.
According to Israeli media citing sources in the security forces, the air attack was directed against “the terrorist group”, which prepared the attacks on the territory of Israel. The term “terrorist group” can be hidden just Hezbollah.
The Syrian state television said, however, that “Israeli helicopter fired two missiles (…) as part of the support for terrorist groups in Syria.” Syrian official media terrorists call the local opposition.
Retaliation?
The killing of senior commanders, and enjoying high esteem Jihad Mughiego, certainly trigger a sharp reaction from Hezbollah. According to Turkish media, Lebanese and Lebanese militia declared a state of readiness of its troops near the border with Israel. With special speech to occur Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
According to Israeli media, the troops at the border with Lebanon have also been put on standby. However, has not been issued any warnings to the civilian population or shelters opened.
sharpest possible form of response to attack Hezbollah would open conflict with Israel, which would take the form of a massive rocket fire Jewish state. On Thursday, Nasrallah admitted for the first time that his organization has since 2006 Iranian Fateh-110 missiles that can hit targets anywhere in Israel.
However, Lebanese militia is now weakened by civil war in Syria . Hezbollah over a year intensively supports Bashar Assad. In the critical period even sent him to help his best trained troops.
Son of a famous father
My father was killed Jihad was one of the most wanted terrorists by US intelligence, which has organized numerous attacks in Israel and in the West. It is believed that it was for the bombing of the AMIA cultural center (Association of Argentine-Israeli) in Buenos Aires in 1994, which killed 85 people, and approx. 300 were injured. Imad Mughija was killed in 2008 in a bombing in Damascus.
Author: mk / Soft / Source: Times of Israel, Ynetnes.com, dailystar. com.lb, Reuters, PAP, tvn24.pl
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