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SitiWanMahani - Israel tidak akan mengulas mengenai serangan Syria, bernazar
untuk menghalang senjata penghantaran Hezbollah
Israel enggan mengulas mengenai serangan udara yang
didakwa mencecah pangkalan pertahanan udara Syria pada Khamis. Sebaliknya, para
pegawai mengeluarkan kenyataan deja vu yang mengatakan bahawa Israel tidak akan
membenarkan senjata canggih untuk jatuh ke tangan Hizbullah.
“Kami telah banyak kali berkata bahawa kita tidak
akan membenarkan pemindahan senjata canggih kepada Hizbullah. Kami berpegang
kepada dasar ini dan saya berkata demikian tanpa menafikan atau mengesahkan laporan
ini,” ‘Menteri Pertahanan The Home Front’ Gilad Erdan memberitahu Radio Israel
pada hari Jumaat.
Dilaporkan ‘The Home Front’ bertemu hanya beberapa
jam sebelum serangan udara yang dikatakan pada asas Syria di Latakia.
Pada petang Khamis, letupan menggegarkan kawasan
yang menempatkan satu kuasa udara dengan pasukan tentera yang setia kepada
Presiden Syria Bashar Assad, seorang aktivis yang berpangkalan di bandar
pelabuhan utama Syria Latakia kepada Reuters.
Balai Cerap Syria yang berpangkalan di Britain untuk
Hak Asasi Manusia, yang mempunyai rangkaian kenalan di Syria, berkata terdapat
sehingga 5 letupan di pangkalan tentera udara tetapi hanya terhad kerosakan
dilaporkan. Kerosakan yang mencadangkan menentukan serangan peluru berpandu,
sumber tempatan tanpa nama kepada organisasi.
Seorang bekas ejen perisikan Syria yang telah
berpaling tadah ke Perancis mendakwa peluru berpandu balistik buatan Rusia
telah disimpan di pangkalan tentera udara yang telah diserang.
Walau bagaimanapun, tiada Israel atau maupun Syria
mengesahkan bahawa serangan itu berlaku pada semuanya.
Pengesahan datang dari seorang pegawai keselamatan Amerika
Syarikat sebaliknya, yang dibocorkan kepada media bahawa Israel melakukan
serangan dan sasaran itu permukaan ke udara peluru berpandu SA 125.
Israel adalah sekurang-kurangnya daripada geli hati
dengan kebocoran. Yedioth Ahronoth, jualan atas Israel, berkata, “Washington
menjual rahsia kami murah.”
Israel dipercayai telah menyerang Syria 4 kali, kali
terakhir pada 5 Julai 2013. Pada masa itu, Perdana Menteri Benjamin Netanyahu
sekali lagi berkata bahawa dia tidak akan membenarkan Hezbollah mendapatkan
tangannya pada senjata canggih.
Israel juga menyerang sebuah pusat penyelidikan
tentera di luar Damsyik pada 5 Mei. Serangan udara itu disahkan oleh seorang
pegawai kanan Amerika Syarikat berita NBC,
yang mengatakan bahawa ia disasarkan Iran dibekalkan peluru berpandu Fateh-110.
Satu sumber kanan Israel mengesahkan kepada AFP
bahawa serangan udara Israel dilakukan berhampiran dengan lapangan terbang
Damsyik sasaran peluru berpandu Iran yang telah ditakdirkan untuk Hizbullah.
Kementerian Kesihatan Syria tidak mengesahkan jika
terdapat mangsa, walaupun khabar angin dalam media sosial Syria mengatakan
bahawa sekurang-kurangnya 300 anggota tentera yang ditempatkan di sana telah
dibunuh.
Hezbollah yang berpangkalan di Lubnan dan mempunyai
hubungan yang rapat dengan Syiah negeri seperti Iran. Ia juga mempunyai
hubungan rapat dengan kepimpinan Alawi Assad di Syria.
Hezbollah aktif menyokong perjuangan rakyat Palestin
dan berada dalam keadaan perang maya dengan Israel. Pada tahun 2006, konflik 34
hari kemarahan di antara tentera Israel dan tentera Hizbullah di Lubnan, utara
Israel, dan Golan Heights.
Israel
won't comment on Syria strike, vows to hinder
Hezbollah arms shipments . . .
Israel has declined to comment on airstrikes which
allegedly hit a Syrian air defense base on Thursday. Instead, officials issued
a déjà vu statement which said that Israel will not allow advanced weapons to
fall into the hands of Hezbollah.
“We have said many times that we will not allow the
transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah. We are sticking to this policy and I
say so without denying or confirming this report,” Home Front Defense Minister
Gilad Erdan told Israeli Radio on Friday.
The Home Front reportedly met just hours before the
alleged airstrike on Syria’s base in Latakia.
On Thursday afternoon, an explosion rocked an area
which housed an air force brigade with troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar
Assad, an activist based in the principal Syrian port city of Latakia told
Reuters.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights, which has a network of contacts in Syria, said there had been up to
five explosions at the air force base but that only limited damage was
reported. The damage suggested a pinpoint guided missile strike, an anonymous
local source told the organization.
A former Syrian intelligence agent who has defected
to France alleged that Russian-made ballistic missiles had been stored at the
air force base that was attacked.
However, neither Israel nor Syria confirmed that the
strike took place at all.
A confirmation came from a US security official
instead, who leaked to the press that Israel carried out the strikes and that
the target was surface-to-air SA 125 missiles.
Israel was less than amused with the leak. Yedioth
Ahronoth, the top selling Israeli daily, said that “Washington is selling our
secrets on the cheap.”
Israel is believed to have attacked Syria on four
occasions, the last time on July 5, 2013. At that time, Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu again said that he wouldn’t let Hezbollah get its hands on
sophisticated weapons.
Israel also attacked a military research center
outside Damascus on May 5. The airstrike was confirmed by a senior US official
to NBC news, who said that it targeted Iranian supplied Fateh-110 missiles.
A senior Israeli source confirmed to AFP that an
Israeli airstrike carried out near the Damascus airport targeted Iranian
missiles which were destined for Hezbollah.
The Syrian Ministry of Health did not confirm if
there were casualties, though rumors on Syrian social media say that at least
300 soldiers who were stationed there were killed.
Hezbollah is based in Lebanon and has close
relations with Shia states such as Iran. It also has close ties with Assad’s
Alawite leadership in Syria.
Hezbollah actively supports the Palestinian cause
and is in a state of virtual war with Israel. In 2006, a 34-day conflict raged
between Israeli armed forces and Hezbollah in Lebanon, northern Israel, and the
Golan Heights.
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