Author Topic: Mounting Tensions in Syria and Gaza Throw Israel Into a New State of Emergency  (Read 235 times)

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Amos Harel


While the media is busy reporting on dubious draft laws and disagreement on marking the anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, the state is sunk in a security emergency that is barely felt by most Israelis.
On Monday, the army blew up an Islamic Jihad attack tunnel under the border with the Gaza Strip. On Wednesday, according to reports from Syria, the air force bombed a Hezbollah weapons factory in central Syria and Syrian anti-aircraft missiles were fired at the planes as they flew over Lebanon.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.820826
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