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Dozens of flaming kites carrying petrol were also sent from Gaza across the border over the weekend, setting off several fires in Israeli fields.
“The risks are all around us—whether it is instability in Syria or in Lebanon, where Hezbollah is a forward [Iranian] division, or Hamas, which gets its support from Iran. Iran is all over, offensively trying to operate against Israel, and we have to weigh and asses the risks constantly as we operate against this aggression,” a senior IDF source said.
A large rock or cinder block was hurled at Israeli soldiers attempting to arrest terror suspects in the Palestinian Authority-controlled al-Amari refugee camp north of Ramallah.
Up to 22,000 workers in Israel’s defense industry could lose their jobs to the tune of a whopping $1.3 billion in annual losses as part of a clause linked to a military funding deal signed in 2016.
Israel Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin told foreign air-force commanders that Israel was the first country in the world to carry out military attacks with the F-35 stealth fighter jet.
“This is the forefront of technology. These abilities give us superiority and real operational advantages,” said Maj. Liad Kalvo, Technology and Maintenance Officer in the Nahal infantry brigade’s 50th Battalion.
“Today, approximately 15,000 Palestinians participated in riots along the Gaza border. The rioters hurled pipe bombs, rocks, & grenades, sabotaged security infrastructure, & burned tires,” wrote the IDF Spokesperson Unit via Twitter.
The Israeli attack targeted Iranian weapons depots, storage facilities, intelligence and logistics centers, and observation posts.
Iran tried to force Israel to accept its presence in Syria, and the effort failed. It ended up losing more than 50 military targets, and Israel’s message to Tehran—to exit Syria immediately—received a powerful boost.
The U.K-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights “documented the death of 23 people at least as a result of the Israeli missile strikes, which targeted several military positions and points of the regime forces and allies in scattered areas in central Syria.”
The Israel Defense Forces reported that it had set back Iranian military capabilities in Syria by “many months,” smashing more than 50 targets in what IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Ronen Manelis called “one of the greatest operations of the Israel Air Force in the past decade.”
Private Elor Azaria, whose trial for shooting a downed terrorist caused a raging debate about the duty and rights of Israeli soldiers, was released from prison.
