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Nov. 7, 2004 14:38
Hizbullah says it sent aerial drone over northern Israel
By ARIEH O'SULLIVAN
The Israel Defense Forces is staying away from completely rejecting a Hizbullah claim that it sent a drone over Israeli air space on Sunday, fearing that the Lebanese terrorist group may publicize video or photographic evidence of the unmanned flight, Channel 1 TV reported.
The army did spot a small unmanned aerial vehicle which flew around northern Israel and crashed into the sea off the northern Israeli coast. The UAV did not make it back to Lebanon as the Hizbullah has claimed.
Ten days ago, Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Hizbullah would come up with new measures of countering the Israel Air Force's frequent violations of Lebanese airspace.
"The IDF released a statement confirming that a Hezbollah drone, which Israel claimed was Iranian made, penetrated Israeli airspace Sunday morning and flew over western Galilee.
"This incident is part of the terrorist activity carried out by the Hizbullah terrorist organization with the support of Iran and Syria under the auspices of Lebanon, with the aim of targeting Israeli citizens," the statement said.
The flight was believed to be the first hostile aerial incursion from Lebanon into Israel by guerrillas since Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command members sailed over in 1987 on a hang glider and killed six soldiers before being shot dead.
Eli Paz, a resident of Shlomi near the Lebanese border, told Israel Radio that he saw the UAV. "It looked like a small remote controlled plane with a relatively small wingspan. I heard the plane's engine. It flew at an altitude of about 80 meters over our house in a southern direction," Paz said.
An initial review by those monitoring the skies came after Hizbullah claimed it had successfully dispatched a drone into Israel. According to the Hizbullah-run al-Manar TV station, the UAV succeeded in reaching Nahariya. It said the drone was called "Marsad 1" or 'Ambush'.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Hizbullah said a reconnaissance drone of the Islamic Resistance, the group's military wing, carried out its first flights over "occupied northern Palestine, flying over several Zionist settlements, reaching the coastal settlement of Nahariya and returning safely to its base."
"This qualitative and new achievement by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon comes as part of a natural response to the Zionist enemy's repeated and permanent violations of Lebanese airspace," the statement said.
Hizbullah also warned that it would continue to dispatch drones.
"Starting today, we will send our planes as we please," the group said.
Israel radio said there were reports of an "aircraft" that had fallen inside Lebanon.
In general, UAVs are difficult to detect on military radar, particularly if they are small. But the IAF has been on increasingly heightened alert in the north. IAF fighter jets are scrambled "a few times a week," to deal with potential infiltrations in the north, but they have all turned out to be false alarms, a senior military source said.
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, speaking at the Cabinet meeting Sunday, said Israel holds Lebanon ultimately responsible for all security incidents emanating from within its borders. Mofaz said that four Katyusha rockets were fired into Israel from Lebanese territory so far t his year, probably by Palestinian groups. Mofaz said the Lebanese government has done nothing to thwart the rocket attacks.
The Hizbullah UAV claim came a little over a week after a Katyusha rocket was fired into Israel from south Lebanon. IDF troops found last Tuesday a remnant of the rocket in an empty field in the western Galilee last Tuesday. It was believed to have been fired a few days before but never located.
Military sources have said that while extremely rare, this wasn't the first time a Katyusha had been fired into Israel since Israel pulled its troop out of southern Lebanon over four years ago. About half a dozen Kathyshas have been fired from Lebanon, all but one hitting in the Golan Heights.
Nevertheless, the IDF has been reviewing its policy toward Hizbullah, and Lebanon and Syria in general. The assessment in the IDF is that Syria, Lebanon and even Iran would increase their orchestration of terrorism as the date for disengagement approaches. Israel says that Syria and the Iranian-backed Hizbullah have been increasing involved in funding and directing Palestinian terrorist groups. Not only that, but with upwards of 8,000 rockets of various ranges, Hizbullah has reached a balance of power with Israel.
"We believe they are going to want to play a part in disrupting the disengagement and it won't be limited to the Gaza Strip," a senior military officer said.
"We have to be prepared for this scenario and we are. The IAF needs to versatile and it is."
Meanwhile, te IDF on Sunday heightened the state of alert in the Western Galilee after several loud explosions were heard in the area near Kibbutz Anita. The source of the explosions has not yet been determined. The explosions were reported by soldiers manning IDF outposts along the northern border, Israel Radio reported.
I have learned from past personal experiences 😉 that generally when you pick a fight with some one bigger than yourself, the outcome is much less than desirable.
Fvcking dumbass terrorists. We allow them to exist. :roll: Why?????
Nov. 7, 2004 14:38
Hizbullah says it sent aerial drone over northern Israel
By ARIEH O'SULLIVAN
The Israel Defense Forces is staying away from completely rejecting a Hizbullah claim that it sent a drone over Israeli air space on Sunday, fearing that the Lebanese terrorist group may publicize video or photographic evidence of the unmanned flight, Channel 1 TV reported.
The army did spot a small unmanned aerial vehicle which flew around northern Israel and crashed into the sea off the northern Israeli coast. The UAV did not make it back to Lebanon as the Hizbullah has claimed.
Ten days ago, Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Hizbullah would come up with new measures of countering the Israel Air Force's frequent violations of Lebanese airspace.
"The IDF released a statement confirming that a Hezbollah drone, which Israel claimed was Iranian made, penetrated Israeli airspace Sunday morning and flew over western Galilee.
"This incident is part of the terrorist activity carried out by the Hizbullah terrorist organization with the support of Iran and Syria under the auspices of Lebanon, with the aim of targeting Israeli citizens," the statement said.
The flight was believed to be the first hostile aerial incursion from Lebanon into Israel by guerrillas since Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command members sailed over in 1987 on a hang glider and killed six soldiers before being shot dead.
Eli Paz, a resident of Shlomi near the Lebanese border, told Israel Radio that he saw the UAV. "It looked like a small remote controlled plane with a relatively small wingspan. I heard the plane's engine. It flew at an altitude of about 80 meters over our house in a southern direction," Paz said.
An initial review by those monitoring the skies came after Hizbullah claimed it had successfully dispatched a drone into Israel. According to the Hizbullah-run al-Manar TV station, the UAV succeeded in reaching Nahariya. It said the drone was called "Marsad 1" or 'Ambush'.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Hizbullah said a reconnaissance drone of the Islamic Resistance, the group's military wing, carried out its first flights over "occupied northern Palestine, flying over several Zionist settlements, reaching the coastal settlement of Nahariya and returning safely to its base."
"This qualitative and new achievement by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon comes as part of a natural response to the Zionist enemy's repeated and permanent violations of Lebanese airspace," the statement said.
Hizbullah also warned that it would continue to dispatch drones.
"Starting today, we will send our planes as we please," the group said.
Israel radio said there were reports of an "aircraft" that had fallen inside Lebanon.
In general, UAVs are difficult to detect on military radar, particularly if they are small. But the IAF has been on increasingly heightened alert in the north. IAF fighter jets are scrambled "a few times a week," to deal with potential infiltrations in the north, but they have all turned out to be false alarms, a senior military source said.
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, speaking at the Cabinet meeting Sunday, said Israel holds Lebanon ultimately responsible for all security incidents emanating from within its borders. Mofaz said that four Katyusha rockets were fired into Israel from Lebanese territory so far t his year, probably by Palestinian groups. Mofaz said the Lebanese government has done nothing to thwart the rocket attacks.
The Hizbullah UAV claim came a little over a week after a Katyusha rocket was fired into Israel from south Lebanon. IDF troops found last Tuesday a remnant of the rocket in an empty field in the western Galilee last Tuesday. It was believed to have been fired a few days before but never located.
Military sources have said that while extremely rare, this wasn't the first time a Katyusha had been fired into Israel since Israel pulled its troop out of southern Lebanon over four years ago. About half a dozen Kathyshas have been fired from Lebanon, all but one hitting in the Golan Heights.
Nevertheless, the IDF has been reviewing its policy toward Hizbullah, and Lebanon and Syria in general. The assessment in the IDF is that Syria, Lebanon and even Iran would increase their orchestration of terrorism as the date for disengagement approaches. Israel says that Syria and the Iranian-backed Hizbullah have been increasing involved in funding and directing Palestinian terrorist groups. Not only that, but with upwards of 8,000 rockets of various ranges, Hizbullah has reached a balance of power with Israel.
"We believe they are going to want to play a part in disrupting the disengagement and it won't be limited to the Gaza Strip," a senior military officer said.
"We have to be prepared for this scenario and we are. The IAF needs to versatile and it is."
Meanwhile, te IDF on Sunday heightened the state of alert in the Western Galilee after several loud explosions were heard in the area near Kibbutz Anita. The source of the explosions has not yet been determined. The explosions were reported by soldiers manning IDF outposts along the northern border, Israel Radio reported.
I have learned from past personal experiences 😉 that generally when you pick a fight with some one bigger than yourself, the outcome is much less than desirable.
Fvcking dumbass terrorists. We allow them to exist. :roll: Why?????
