Search Results for: Syrian War Preparation

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Three Mortar Shells Land Near Kissufim; None Hurt

Two Kassam Rockets Fired at Western Negev; No Injured

Two Terror Rockets Explode Near Dorot

3 Kassam Rockets Strike Western Negev; None Hurt

Six Mortar Shells Fired at Israel [From Northern Gaza]

IDF Notes Increase in Infiltration Attempts from Gaza, Desire to Avoid Civilian Casualties Often Leads to Successful Infiltrations, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)

Hezbollah [Video] Games Train to Kidnap IDF Soldiers

Commentary;
Jihad is not the only teror group training for kidnapping online. MB read more

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Syria Reportedly Gets Russian SA-22s [Anti-Aircraft Missiles]

Excerpt;
Advanced anti-aircraft system to reach Syria before deployment in Russian army.

For previous posts regarding Syria’s armament and war preparations, click here.

2 Mortar Shells Fall in Western Negev, No Injuries

Six Kassams Hit Israel [Near Kisufim Checkpoint] Saturday

IDF Kills Palestinian Planting Bomb [at Karni Crossing]

5 Palestinian Infiltrators Caught Near Gaza Fence

IDF Hits Armed Palestinian Near Nablus [Shechem] read more

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Israel’s political leaders seem not to have learned very much since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Newly crowned defense minister Ehud Barak refuses protection for the homefront in light of the serious Syrian threat, just as Israel didn’t mobilize and call up it’s military reserves upon prior warnings of impending war — lest it be seen as provocative, aggressive presumably by American satellite intelligence of the time.

The Jerusalem Posts’ report on Barak’s avoidance of distributing gas masks states; read more

‘Syria Removing Golan Army Checkpoints’

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“Syria’s decision to remove military checkpoints on the road to Kuneitra on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights could be a preparation for war.”

Palestinians Fire on IDF Outpost in Ramallah

Kassam Lands in Western Negev; No Casualties

Kassam Rocket Lands Near Sderot

Two Kassams Fired at Israel; None Wounded

Mock Explosive Device, Bullets Found at IDF Checkpoint [Near Shechem]

Arab Media: Syria Making Preparations for War with Israel, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)

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A Qatari newspaper, Al Watan, reported Friday that Syria is making concrete preparations for war with Israel, saying that the Syrian government has removed the Government Archives and the State Archives from the Damascus area. This, according to the paper, indicates planning for war.

Syrian parliament member Muhammad Habash confirmed… that Syria is indeed engaged in active preparations for a war with Israel. The conflict, said the Syrian MP, is expected to break out during the summer months. read more

‘Hezbollah Amassing Long-Range Missiles’

Related report: ‘Syria, Iran, Hezbollah Planning War’

Excerpts;
“Damascus has set August as the month for final war preparations.”

“Reports about a Syrian military buildup and concern in the defense establishment that if various Syrian overtures were not well received in Israel, the Syrians might initiate military action to try and retain the Golan, or a piece of it.”

Al Qaeda-Linked Group Opening Up Branch in Shechem read more

PA Satisfied With the Clash With Israel, by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (Israel National News)

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“Brig.-Gen. Beiditz explained, ‘They are thus far pleased with the results of the conflict with us. They understand that Israel will not undertake a ground operation deep into Gaza. And they are also pleased with the emptying of the towns in the south [of Israel].”

Syrian MP Confirms Preparation for War

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“Member of the Syrian parliament, Muhammad Habash, confirmed on Tuesday that his country was actively preparing for war with Israel, expected to break out in the summer…. Habash said it was no secret that the Syrian military was arming itself for the upcoming confrontation with the IDF.” read more

Massive IDF Drill Prepares for Syrian Attack on the Golan, Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

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“Since the Second Lebanon War, Military Intelligence has claimed that war with Syria is now closer than ever…. President Bashar Assad, analysts have said, was empowered by Hizbullah’s surprise success while fighting the IDF. The assessment is that he might be motivated to launch hostilities in an effort to retrieve the Golan Heights, either by initiating a surprise attack to capture one or two Israeli communities or by firing long-range ballistic missiles at the home front.” read more

Column One: Fighting the Next War, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

“Syria has no intention of fighting a conventional war against Israel. The war that Syria is planning will bear greater similarity to the insurgency in Iraq and Hezbollah’s war last summer than to Syria’s previous wars with Israel.”

Related reports: regarding Syria’s War Intentions.

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Haaretz’s military commentator Ze’ev Schiff accused the Barak and Sharon governments of responsibility for last summer’s war. As Schiff put it, since the IDF withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 2000, “a threatening system [comprised of Hezbollah, Syria and Iran] arose [on Israel’s northern border], which required a preemptive strike. The aversion to conducting such a strike eventually caused the war.” read more