This is the Forward’s coverage of Lebanon, a Middle Eastern country which shares a southern border with Israel.
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Fast Forward Israel Pounds Hezbollah-Bound Weapons Convoy
Israel has carried out an air strike targeting a shipment of missiles in Syria bound for Hezbollah guerrillas in neighbouring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday. Israel had long made clear it is prepared to resort to force to prevent advanced Syrian weapons, including President Bashar al-Assad’s reputed chemical arsenal, reaching his Hezbollah allies…
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News Israeli Fighter Plane Shoots Down Drone From Lebanon
An Israeli fighter plane shot down a drone from Lebanon over the Mediterranean sea on Thursday as it was approaching the Israeli coast, the military said. “I view with great gravity this attempt to violate our border. We will continue to do what is necessary to defend the security of Israel’s citizens,” Israeli Prime Minister…
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Opinion New Israeli Defense Chief: Tough-talking Hardliner
Ynet.co.il, the news site associated with Yediot Ahronot, has a profile of incoming Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (known since his youth by the nickname “Boogy”). It’s important reading, so I’ve translated it below. Here’s the background that’s not in the profile: Born Moshe Smilansky in 1950, raised in suburban Haifa, he was active in the…
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Fast Forward Ehud Barak Says Syria Strike Shows Israel Is Serious
Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday an attack on a Syrian arms complex showed Israel was serious about preventing the flow of heavy weapons into Lebanon, appearing to acknowledge for the first time that Israel carried out the strike. Israel has maintained official silence over Wednesday’s raid, which Syria said targeted a military research…
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Fast Forward Israeli Silence on Syria Is Strategic
Military secrets are not readily divulged anywhere. But in Israel the blanket silence that envelops officials after an event like Wednesday’s mysterious air strike on Syria reflects a deeper strategy involving both deterrence and outreach. Beyond customary concern to safeguard spies and tactics for a government currently engaged in a graver confrontation with Iran, Israelis…
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Fast Forward Israeli Silence on Syria Is Strategic
Military secrets are not readily divulged anywhere. But in Israel the blanket silence that envelops officials after an event like Wednesday’s mysterious air strike on Syria reflects a deeper strategy involving both deterrence and outreach. Beyond customary concern to safeguard spies and tactics for a government currently engaged in a graver confrontation with Iran, Israelis…
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Fast Forward Syria Says Could Make ‘Surprise’ Response To Israel Strike
Syria’s ambassador to Lebanon said on Thursday that Damascus had the option of a “surprise decision” to respond to what it said was an Israeli air strike on a research centre on the outskirts of the Syrian capital on Wednesday. Syria could take “a surprise decision to respond to the aggression of the Israeli warplanes,”…
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Fast Forward Israel Hits Syria Arms Convoy To Lebanon
Israeli jets bombed a convoy near Syria’s border with Lebanon early on Wednesday, sources told Reuters, apparently targeting weapons destined for Hezbollah in what some called a warning to Damascus not to arm Israel’s Lebanese enemy. Syrian state television accused Israel of bombing a military research centre, at Jamraya between the capital and the nearby…
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