Israel take on the bear while Berry sits
On Sunday Syria announced Israeli aircraft entered its airspace and attacked Hezbollah near the Lebanon-Syria border in the Qalamoun Mountains region.
The
Jerusalem Post reported the attack marks the first time Israel has conducted airstrikes in the area since the Russian military began operating there.
“Estimated targets included a weapons convoy destined for Hezbollah fighters traveling through Syria,” the newspaper reported.
On October 24 the possibility of Israel air activity over Syria. The reports were unconfirmed and few details were available at the time.
It was reported that “Hezbollah fighters are already along the border with Israel on the Golan Heights and have seized the so-called UN Hill opposite the Druze town of Magdal Shams on the Israeli Golan Heights. They have taken control of the strategically important mountain to release pressure on the Syrian city of al-Baath that houses an important military base, and are now expected to advance in the direction of the town of (Quneitra) opposite the observation point on the Israeli Golan Heights.”
“Israel has turned a blind eye to repeated Russian air strikes in the last few days against rebel positions in the southern Syrian town of Deraa and Quneitra opposite IDF Golan positions,” the Israeli intelligence source
DEBKAfile reports today.
According to DEBKAfile the Russians cannot match the jamming technology used by Israel.
