Israel Update: Olmert Calls For More "Intense" Strikes ...
Reuters has the story. (No need for my commentary just yet.)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered more intense strikes on Lebanon on Friday, ratcheting up retaliation against Hizbollah guerrillas following the capture of two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid.
The move came at a late-night meeting of security chiefs and followed Israel's blockading of Lebanese ports, the bombing of Beirut airport and strikes against two military airbases.
"The decision was made to intensify Israel's operations in Lebanon," Army Radio quoted political sources as saying after Olmert met with Israeli security chiefs.
Israeli airstrikes and shelling have already killed at least 55 Lebanese civilians since the two soldiers were captured on Wednesday, while a steady barrage of Hizbollah rocket fire into northern Israel has killed two Israeli civilians and wounded 90.
Israeli aircraft struck the main highway linking Beirut with the Syrian capital, Damascus, early on Friday, a Lebanese security source said. It was not immediately clear if there were casualties.
Two Hizbollah missiles hit the Israeli port of Haifa, the country's third largest city, in a move Israel described as a "major escalation" since Haifa, home to around 250,000 people, lies more than 30 km (18 miles) from the Lebanese border.
No one was injured in the Haifa attacks. Hizbollah denied firing on Haifa. In total, Israel said Hizbollah, backed by Iran and Syria, fired more than 100 rockets at towns and villages in the north on Thursday, causing widespread panic and injuries.
Funny, that denial, considering this report where Hezbollah admitted to launching a missile at Haifa:
Minutes before the fire Hizbullah's al-Manar showed a new rocket which they said will hit "the strongholds of the Zionist enemy."
The Hizbullah said they fired a Raad 1 missile at Israel.
Whoops. Someone want to contact the Hezbollah PR office? But it is a good sign to see that Prime Minister Olmert has decided to up the strikes on Lebanese targets that are "Hezbollah-held." There are plenty of them, and each one hit makes me eat my words that Israel is doing this half-hearted.
I have no problem being wrong in my assessment if I am correct in my support with an ally. No one is correct 100% of the time.
Marcie
Reuters has the story. (No need for my commentary just yet.)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered more intense strikes on Lebanon on Friday, ratcheting up retaliation against Hizbollah guerrillas following the capture of two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid.
The move came at a late-night meeting of security chiefs and followed Israel's blockading of Lebanese ports, the bombing of Beirut airport and strikes against two military airbases.
"The decision was made to intensify Israel's operations in Lebanon," Army Radio quoted political sources as saying after Olmert met with Israeli security chiefs.
Israeli airstrikes and shelling have already killed at least 55 Lebanese civilians since the two soldiers were captured on Wednesday, while a steady barrage of Hizbollah rocket fire into northern Israel has killed two Israeli civilians and wounded 90.
Israeli aircraft struck the main highway linking Beirut with the Syrian capital, Damascus, early on Friday, a Lebanese security source said. It was not immediately clear if there were casualties.
Two Hizbollah missiles hit the Israeli port of Haifa, the country's third largest city, in a move Israel described as a "major escalation" since Haifa, home to around 250,000 people, lies more than 30 km (18 miles) from the Lebanese border.
No one was injured in the Haifa attacks. Hizbollah denied firing on Haifa. In total, Israel said Hizbollah, backed by Iran and Syria, fired more than 100 rockets at towns and villages in the north on Thursday, causing widespread panic and injuries.
Funny, that denial, considering this report where Hezbollah admitted to launching a missile at Haifa:
Minutes before the fire Hizbullah's al-Manar showed a new rocket which they said will hit "the strongholds of the Zionist enemy."
The Hizbullah said they fired a Raad 1 missile at Israel.
Whoops. Someone want to contact the Hezbollah PR office? But it is a good sign to see that Prime Minister Olmert has decided to up the strikes on Lebanese targets that are "Hezbollah-held." There are plenty of them, and each one hit makes me eat my words that Israel is doing this half-hearted.
I have no problem being wrong in my assessment if I am correct in my support with an ally. No one is correct 100% of the time.
Marcie
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