"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
Posted on 07/12/2006 9:17:21 PM PDT by sdk7x7
IAF fighter jets bombed runways at Beirut International Airport early Thursday morning as part of a military campaign which it vowed would be harsh and quick against the Lebanese government and Hizbullah, which a day before killed eight IDF soldiers and kidnapped two others along the northern border.
It was unclear whether there were any casualties in the IAF strike.
Meeting in emergency session late Wednesday, the Cabinet approved plans by IDF echelons to target the airport and other strategic infrastructures inside Lebanon including power plants.
Earlier Thursday morning, several Katyusha rockets, fired by Hizbullah from southern Lebanon, landed on an IDF base in Mount Meron on Thursday morning. No one was wounded and no damage was reported.
Overnight Wednesday, the IAF struck a Hizbullah post and two bridges in southern Lebanon as the number of targets hit by the Airforce since fighting erupted after the kidnapping of two IDF soldiers, reached into the hundreds.
Meanwhile, Hizbullah shelled the Western Galilee with mortars. No one was wounded and no damage was reported.
For a Jerusalem Online video of events click here
Earlier, in a series of air strikes, IAF aircraft bombed Kfar Shuba and Sheba Farms. The communications infrastructure connecting Beirut to the south of the country was also damaged by IAF strikes.
The strikes followed an attack by IAF warplanes and navy gunboats on a Palestinian terrorist base south of Beirut late Wednesday in the closest raid to the Lebanese capital since fighting erupted.
Meanwhile, the names of six of the eight soldiers killed Wednesday in a Hizbullah attack on IDF forces patrolling the Lebanese border were released for publication Wednesday evening: Sgt. Nimrod Cohen, 19, from Mitzpe Shalem; Sgt.-Major Eyal Benin, 22, of Be'ersheba and Sgt.-Major Shani Turgeman, 24, of Beit Shean. All the soldiers' families have been notified.
The fourth victim was later identified as Sergeant-Major Wasim Nazel, 27, from the Druze village of Kfar Yanouch. Earlier, Nazel's family was mistakenly informed that he had been kidnapped.
Two of the soldiers who were killed when the tank in which they were riding drove over an explosive device, were identified as Staff-Sergeant Alexei Kashiniervski, 21, from Ness Ziona and Yaniv Bar-on, 19, from Maccabim.
Under heavy fire, IDF forces continued their attempts to reclaim the bodies of the four soldiers who died when their tank was ripped apart by the blast.
Three other soldiers were killed were riding in a Hummer jeep when it was attacked, while two other soldiers in the same jeep were kidnapped.
All residents along Israel's northern border from Nahariya in the west to Kiryat Shmona in the east were ordered into bomb shelters on Wednesday night.
"This is a new situation. The residents of Israel need to know that we are going into a period that would require resilience," Minister Issac Herzog said after the emergency cabinet meeting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert convened on Wednesday night in Tel Aviv in light of the events on the northern border.
According to Herzog, Israel is holding Lebanon responsible for the attack, which was carried out from its territory.
OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Udi Adam said the IDF was preparing for a widespread operation not only against Hizbullah but also against the Lebanese government. The IDF, The Jerusalem Post learned, has drawn up plans to bomb main infrastructure, including power stations in Lebanon.
"The IDF is responding with its full might by the air, the sea and the ground," Adam said. "We are also preparing for a massive operation to defend Israeli citizens and stop the terror."
The IDF is responding with its full might by the air, the sea and the ground," Adam said. "We are also preparing for a massive operation to defend Israeli citizens and stop the terror."
God Bless Israel!
Now if only we would do the same.. sigh...
Well, just taking this action at face value, the taking out of airstrips usually preceeds a ground invasion...here's hoping. God's speed Israel !!!!
TAKE OUT DAMASCUS.....
Leave the Syrian government facilities a steaming heap of bouncing rubble...
Same with their airports, docks, power generation, water distribution, rail lines, communication facilites, etc...
If the bastards want to behave as 8th century barbarians, let them live as such...
Semper Fi
It's the same with Democrats, give 'em an inch and they demand a mile...
Does anybody know why the original post on this subject was pulled... I was following just fine, then it was over...
What are the rules anyway?
Mods.... please advise... thanks...
EP
I think the mods pulled the wrong one in error. I made a mistake once......... just once!
Earlier thread
IAF strikes Beruit airport
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664787/posts
a massive operation ..
Long overdue.
'bout time......let them show some force in the Middle East, while we cover Iraq, Afghanistan, etc....
So is this the REAL deal? WAR? Seems like this could get out of hand fast.
Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, and Egypt are and have been complaining already. Wonder how far this will go.
07:26 Death toll rises to 20 in IDF raid on Lebanon, including 19 civilians (AP)
07:23 Katyusha rocket hits northern town of Nahariya (Reuters)
06:47 Beirut airport security: Beirut airport closed following IAF strike (Reuters)
06:35 IAF fires 3 missiles on runway at Beirut international airport (Reuters)
06:23 Katyusha rockets land near Mt. Meron in the north, no injuries reported (Israel Radio)
06:17 Far-right French leader Le Pen to be tried for denying Nazi brutality (Haaretz)
06:06 Kiryat Shmona summer-camps, city market cancelled for fear of rockets (Israel Radio)
05:51 Katsav welcomes probe into sexual harassment blackmail suspicions (Haaretz)
05:07 Dozens of attack warnings prompt police to work longer shifts (Israel Radio)
04:53 Islamic Jihad militant killed, another wounded in an IAF strike in southern Gaza (AP)
04:08 PA Foreign Ministry spokesman: Israel is carrying out `organized terrorism` (AP)
04:05 Palestinian medics: 13 people injured in IAF strike on PA foreign ministry building (AP)
02:50 Two soldiers killed in tank blast named as Alexei Kushinski and Yaniv Baron (Haaretz)
02:42 Three Palestinians residing near Foreign Ministry building wounded in IAF strike (AP)
02:41 IDF shells bridges, Hezbollah military posts in Lebanese territory (Haaretz)
02:14 Mortar shells land near northern border with Lebanon; no injuries (Israel Radio)
02:13 Hezbollah rejects Red Cross request to visit abducted IDF soldiers (Israel Radio)
AMEN!
Wow!
Excellent ! This is great news . The mesg -- you capture one Israeli soldier, and we will *destroy* your country.
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
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