Minister hints Israel behind attack on Hezbullah missiles
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz
hinted in a Facebook posting on Wednesday morning that Israel was behind
Monday night's attack on a Hezbullah weapons transport in the Bekaa Valley. This is from the first link.
"Hezbollah missiles went up in smoke and (Hezbollah leader Hassan) Nasrallah is silent."
Katz added "may those engaging in the work (of stopping Hezbollah) be blessed."
Meanwhile, Beirut's Daily Star reported that
four Hezbullah terrorists were killed in the attack, which targeted two trucks carrying missiles and a missile launcher to Hezbollah warehouses from Syria.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the sources told The Daily Star
that the airstrike, which took place late Monday evening, was aimed at
two trucks, one transferring missiles and the other carrying a missile
launcher. The sources said the trucks were heading to Hezbollah’s
missile warehouses in Lebanon.
They said the Israeli attack killed four Hezbollah members, but gave no further information.
And while Hezbullah is making noises about targeting '
Israeli officials' (a report whose origin was apparently from
Haaretz), here in Israel it's believed that Hezbullah has a much greater interest in keeping Bashar al-Assad in power than in exacting revenge from the IDF, and that therefore
there will be no response.
Hezbollah is so deeply involved in Syria that it has set up a
special training camp to train the Syrian army, called the 881 barracks,
a Hezbollah brigade commander told Now Lebanon in an interview.
Hezbollah did not directly refer to the attack, but made statements referring to the “Palestinian cause.”
“All
that is occurring [in] our arenas will not accomplish our enemies’
goal of diverting our interest and concern from the Palestinian Cause,”
said a Hezbollah statement released on Tuesday, according to Lebanon’s
National News Agency.
The group condemned Israeli action after
clashes broke out on Tuesday between police and Palestinians at the
al-Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount.
Such rhetoric is typical for the group and seems to indicate that it wants to avoid any escalation with Israel.
I doubt that Hezbullah will respond. Any response would likely bring a full-scale attack on Lebanon and put Hezbullah's base there at risk. They cannot take that chance.
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