by Israel Hayom
Arab media claims Israeli Air Force strike seven targets near Qalamoun Mountains • Reports vary as to whether targets were weapon stockpiles or arms convoy • Israel reportedly warns Hezbollah against retaliation over death or terrorist Samir Kuntar.
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Syrian and Lebanese media reported Saturday
that the Israeli Air Force struck Hezbollah positions north of the
Qalamoun Mountains on the Syria-Lebanon border. Hezbollah denied the
reports, and the Israeli defense establishment had no comment on them.
Arab media outlets said seven sites were
targeted, and that considerable damage was noted in all of them. Some
reports said the targets were Hezbollah weapon stockpiles, while others
said the targets also included convoys traveling from Syria to Lebanon,
believed to be en route to deliver long-range missiles to Hezbollah.
Reports of potential casualties in the alleged strikes were ambiguous.
Earlier Saturday the military informed the
residents of the communities adjacent to the northern border that
"sounds of explosions may be heard in the Upper Galilee area. Please be
advised that these are scheduled, controlled detonation, and not a
security incident."
Tensions on the northern border increased last
week following the death of Hezbollah terrorist Samir Kuntar, killed on
Dec. 19 in an airstrike near Damascus.
Hezbollah accused Israel of assassinating the infamous terrorist, and vowed a "painful retaliation will follow."
Channel 2 quoted Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas as
saying Israel had used a third-party intermediary to relay a message to
Hezbollah, warning it against such action, which "may result in a
wide-scale operation against the Shiite terrorist group, perhaps even if
it spells a full-fledged military campaign."
Israel Hayom
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=30713
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