John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Hamas tuominnut Safadisteja vankeuteen Israeliin ammuttujen rakettien takia. Onko tämä muutos Hamasin politiikassa?
Hamas court sentenced Salafi activists to prison for firing rockets at Israel
While rockets continue attack Israel from Gaza, the Hamas judicial court sentenced a number of Salafi activists to prison after they claimed they were behind launching several rockets.
Mar 24, 2017, 3:30PM Daniel Gilenson
Photo credit: Reuters/ Channel 2 News
In an unusual step, today (Friday), Hamas’ judicial court sentenced a number of Salafi activists to prison for firing rockets at Israel. The court sentenced them to several months, for fear that the activists, who don’t answer to Hamas, will influence public opinion in Gaza.
Over the past several weeks, Hamas escalated their fight against the Salafi jihadi movement and even reported the arrest of several activists. The Israeli defense establishment estimates that there are several hundred Salafis operating in Gaza, yet despite their relatively small numbers Hamas’ is afraid and operates strongly against them.
Since February, 6 rockets were launched at Israel from Gaza and all landed in open territories and caused no harm or damage. The IDF responded to each rocket by attacking Hamas outposts and stated that even if the organization is not behind the attack, it is responsible for anything that happens in Gaza.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...o-prison-for-shooting-rockets-at-israel-27444
Hamas court sentenced Salafi activists to prison for firing rockets at Israel
While rockets continue attack Israel from Gaza, the Hamas judicial court sentenced a number of Salafi activists to prison after they claimed they were behind launching several rockets.
Mar 24, 2017, 3:30PM Daniel Gilenson
In an unusual step, today (Friday), Hamas’ judicial court sentenced a number of Salafi activists to prison for firing rockets at Israel. The court sentenced them to several months, for fear that the activists, who don’t answer to Hamas, will influence public opinion in Gaza.
Over the past several weeks, Hamas escalated their fight against the Salafi jihadi movement and even reported the arrest of several activists. The Israeli defense establishment estimates that there are several hundred Salafis operating in Gaza, yet despite their relatively small numbers Hamas’ is afraid and operates strongly against them.
Since February, 6 rockets were launched at Israel from Gaza and all landed in open territories and caused no harm or damage. The IDF responded to each rocket by attacking Hamas outposts and stated that even if the organization is not behind the attack, it is responsible for anything that happens in Gaza.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...o-prison-for-shooting-rockets-at-israel-27444
Haluavat lujittaa "keskushallinnon" valtaa. Kaikenlainen ylimääräinen perseily kun menee HAMASin piikkiin.
Ja niistä tulee Israelin puolelta sanktioita.
Vaikka voi tuntua erikoiselta, niin Hamas ja Hizb-i-Allah (Hizbollah) ovat omalla tavallaan "järkeviä" toimijoita "keskushallinnon" alaisuudessa. Niiden toimintaan ei sovi muutamien porukoiden sooloilu, josta itse sitten ottaa kipeätä.
Ja niistä tulee Israelin puolelta sanktioita.
Vaikka voi tuntua erikoiselta, niin Hamas ja Hizb-i-Allah (Hizbollah) ovat omalla tavallaan "järkeviä" toimijoita "keskushallinnon" alaisuudessa. Niiden toimintaan ei sovi muutamien porukoiden sooloilu, josta itse sitten ottaa kipeätä.
Viimeksi muokattu:
John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Tähän Israel pyrkii, mutta toteutuuko:
Report: US, Russia agree to help Israel 'expel' Iran from Syria
ByJPOST.COM STAFF
March 25, 2017 13:29
Israel hopes, with the help of Russia and the United States, that enough pressure can be placed on Iranian-backed militias to the point where they can be removed.
Girls play near a sign at Mount Bental, an observation post on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights, overlooking the Syrian side of the Kuneitra crossing. (photo credit:REUTERS/BAZ RATNER)
The United States, Russia and Israel have reportedly reached a consensus on the need to restrict and eventually expel pro-Iranian forces from gaining influence in Syria, the Kuwati daily newspaper Al-Rai reported Saturday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to the Arab outlet, has reached an understanding with Washington and Moscow that pro-Iranian forces, including Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah, constitute an "existential threat" to the Jewish state.
This threat, therefore, necessitates Israeli action in Syria, including conducting airstrikes and other assaults to keep weapons and advancing militias as far as possible from Israel's northern border.
According to anonymous US officials who spoke to the Kuwaiti publication, Israel's targeting of pro-Iranian forces in the South of Syria is being accompanied by Russian pressure in the center and North to help stabilize the country. Russia is also reportedly open to withdrawing its forces in certain areas, leaving the Syrian army loyal to President Bashar Assad to take over.
Israel hopes, with the help of Russia and the United States, that this pressure will help weaken pro-Iranian military entities to the point where they can be removed from the battle-scarred nation.
But Iran's meddling in the Syrian Civil War, which has raged for nearly six-years now and has claimed over 400,000 lives, makes that a difficult proposition, one US senior official told Al-Rai. Theran helped prop up the Assad regime soon after civil strife broke out in 2011, giving them a foothold in Damascus.
This has officials in Jerusalem worried, who loath to see a Iranian presence so close to Israeli territory. So It remains to be seen what calculations Assad and Russia have for the pro-Iranian presence in Syria and whether or not their influence can be abated.
Israel has publicly admitted that it has previously conducted assaults in Syria, an unusual step for a country known for its reticence concerning military operations.
Just recently, while on a state visit to China, Netanyahu reiterated that the Israel Air Force will continue to execute missions in Syria to contain threats against the country, and said he made this clear to Russian President Vladimir Putin when the two leaders met in Moscow earlier this month.
“We attack if we have information and have operational feasibility," Netanyahu stated, adding: "This will continue.”
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C...e-to-help-Israel-expel-Iran-from-Syria-485155
Report: US, Russia agree to help Israel 'expel' Iran from Syria
ByJPOST.COM STAFF
March 25, 2017 13:29
Israel hopes, with the help of Russia and the United States, that enough pressure can be placed on Iranian-backed militias to the point where they can be removed.
Girls play near a sign at Mount Bental, an observation post on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights, overlooking the Syrian side of the Kuneitra crossing. (photo credit:REUTERS/BAZ RATNER)
The United States, Russia and Israel have reportedly reached a consensus on the need to restrict and eventually expel pro-Iranian forces from gaining influence in Syria, the Kuwati daily newspaper Al-Rai reported Saturday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to the Arab outlet, has reached an understanding with Washington and Moscow that pro-Iranian forces, including Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah, constitute an "existential threat" to the Jewish state.
This threat, therefore, necessitates Israeli action in Syria, including conducting airstrikes and other assaults to keep weapons and advancing militias as far as possible from Israel's northern border.
According to anonymous US officials who spoke to the Kuwaiti publication, Israel's targeting of pro-Iranian forces in the South of Syria is being accompanied by Russian pressure in the center and North to help stabilize the country. Russia is also reportedly open to withdrawing its forces in certain areas, leaving the Syrian army loyal to President Bashar Assad to take over.
Israel hopes, with the help of Russia and the United States, that this pressure will help weaken pro-Iranian military entities to the point where they can be removed from the battle-scarred nation.
But Iran's meddling in the Syrian Civil War, which has raged for nearly six-years now and has claimed over 400,000 lives, makes that a difficult proposition, one US senior official told Al-Rai. Theran helped prop up the Assad regime soon after civil strife broke out in 2011, giving them a foothold in Damascus.
This has officials in Jerusalem worried, who loath to see a Iranian presence so close to Israeli territory. So It remains to be seen what calculations Assad and Russia have for the pro-Iranian presence in Syria and whether or not their influence can be abated.
Israel has publicly admitted that it has previously conducted assaults in Syria, an unusual step for a country known for its reticence concerning military operations.
Just recently, while on a state visit to China, Netanyahu reiterated that the Israel Air Force will continue to execute missions in Syria to contain threats against the country, and said he made this clear to Russian President Vladimir Putin when the two leaders met in Moscow earlier this month.
“We attack if we have information and have operational feasibility," Netanyahu stated, adding: "This will continue.”
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C...e-to-help-Israel-expel-Iran-from-Syria-485155
John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Uutta rähinää enteillään
Hamas prepares for next battle against Israel with new weapon
The terrorist organization has added a new short-range rocket that contains between 160 and 200 kg of explosives to its arsenal.
Mar 28, 2017, 7:30PM Chelsea Mosery Birnbaum
Hamas fires a rocket towards Israel, archive Photo credit: Channel 2 News
On Tuesday evening, Hamas boasted proudly of the terror organization's newest acquisition- short-range rockets that include an exceptionally large amount of explosive material. The new rockets contain between 160 to 200 kilograms of explosives and will pose a challenge to the Iron Dome system, which is designed to intercept longer range rockets.
It appears that Hamas has learned its lesson from past IDF operations and is now directing its attention to Israeli communities closer to the border and to IDF units that will be stationed in nearby staging areas should another ground operation take place. During Operation Protective Edge, mortar shells fired into a staging area located about 3 kilometers from the border, which killed and wounded a number of soldiers.
In addition to targetting IDF staging areas, Hamas' new rocket, which is more powerful and therefore more destructive than their other weapons, will undoubtedly be aimed at Israeli communities near the border as well. This new addition to their arsenal sends a clear message: Hamas is preparing itself for next time.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...short-range-explosives-hamas-new-rocket-27529
Hamas prepares for next battle against Israel with new weapon
The terrorist organization has added a new short-range rocket that contains between 160 and 200 kg of explosives to its arsenal.
Mar 28, 2017, 7:30PM Chelsea Mosery Birnbaum
Hamas fires a rocket towards Israel, archive Photo credit: Channel 2 News
On Tuesday evening, Hamas boasted proudly of the terror organization's newest acquisition- short-range rockets that include an exceptionally large amount of explosive material. The new rockets contain between 160 to 200 kilograms of explosives and will pose a challenge to the Iron Dome system, which is designed to intercept longer range rockets.
It appears that Hamas has learned its lesson from past IDF operations and is now directing its attention to Israeli communities closer to the border and to IDF units that will be stationed in nearby staging areas should another ground operation take place. During Operation Protective Edge, mortar shells fired into a staging area located about 3 kilometers from the border, which killed and wounded a number of soldiers.
In addition to targetting IDF staging areas, Hamas' new rocket, which is more powerful and therefore more destructive than their other weapons, will undoubtedly be aimed at Israeli communities near the border as well. This new addition to their arsenal sends a clear message: Hamas is preparing itself for next time.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...short-range-explosives-hamas-new-rocket-27529
John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Ovatkohan F-35I:t mukana?
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Is...drill-exercises-with-Arab-Greek-forces-485391
Israel pilots flying alongside pilots from the UAE in week-long Greek drill
ByAnna Ahronheim
March 28, 2017 08:04
While Israel does not have any diplomatic relations with the UAE, last year the IAF took part in the Red Flag aerial exercise in the United States alongside UAE, and Pakistan.
The Lockheed Martin F35 fighter jet plane, also known as the Adir, in a test flight. (photo credit:LOCKHEED MARTIN AERONAUTICS/ LIZ LUTZ)
Pilots from Israel, the US, the UAE and Italy began a joint drill in Greece on Tuesday, which also marked the second time crews from the IAF and the UAE have flown side-by-side.
A Hellenic Air Force statement said the “complex exercise,” named Iniohos 2017, will run from March 27 to April 6.
The Greek Navy and units from its army will also partake in the drill, Greek media reported.
The Americans have sent 12 F-16C Fighting Falcons and an estimated 220 support personnel to participate in the exercise between NATO allies and partner nations.
“Multinational training engagements such as these strengthen our relationships, maintain joint readiness and interoperability, and reassure our regional allies and partners,” read a US Army statement.
Israel maintains broad cooperation with the Greek Air Force and has participated in several military exercises of air, sea, and ground forces with the Mediterranean country, especially following the downgrading of ties with Greece’s adversary, Turkey.
Last week, Israel participated in a three-day joint military exercise with Cyprus, in which the IAF tested Cypriot air defense.
The drill, named Onisilos- Gideon, was the largest since 2014, when the two countries held joint exercises.
The close ties between Israel, Greece and Cyprus are based on a number of shared strategic interests.
While all share economic interests – such as the ambitious undersea gas pipeline project from Israel to Cyprus to Crete to mainland Greece – the countries also share the hope of keeping the Russian-Iranian- Hezbollah axis from growing.
The three nations have recognized the need for new alliances and declared their willingness to widen their Mediterranean alliance to include other regional players – perhaps moderate Sunni-Arab countries such as Egypt and Gulf countries – despite strains due to the stalemate in peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
But the declining importance of the Palestinian conflict as a significant issue between Israel and the Gulf Cooperation Council, along with the increased threat posed by Iranian expansion in the region, has led some Gulf monarchies to engage with Jerusalem.
In 2011, the UAE bought an estimated $300 million in military technology from Israel, and in 2015 allowed it to open up a permanent mission accredited to the International Renewable Energy Agency in Abu Dhabi.
Last year the IAF also flew alongside pilots from Pakistan in the Red Flag aerial exercise in the US.
In the 2015 exercise, it flew alongside pilots from Jordan and Singapore at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
But despite the increased interaction with the UAE, ties have not been upgraded and the Arab nation will not be participating in a large-scale multinational air exercise that the IAF will host in November.
More than 100 aircraft and hundreds of support crew from the US, Greece, Poland, France, Germany, India and Italy are expected to participate in the two-week Blue Flag drill.
The crews will land in Israel in the fall for the drill, which is aimed at honing their skills in planning, targeting and coordinated command and control.
According to Defense News, the year’s drill is designed to simulate a range of realistic engagements, and participants will likely conduct hundreds of sorties in Israeli airspace to practice air-to-air combat, ground strikes against both moving and stationary targets, and maneuvering amid threats posed by shoulder-launched missiles and surface-to-air batteries that can block aerial access to air crews.
Two weeks ago, Israeli jets were targeted by surface-toair missiles fired from Syrian regime air-defense batteries.
While no jets were lost, it was the most dangerous incident between the two countries since the war in Syria broke out in 2011.
Russia has also delivered to the war-torn country the advanced S-300 and S-400 air defense systems, which are capable of engaging multiple aircraft and ballistic missiles up to 380 kilometers away, a distance that includes virtually all of Syria, as well as significant parts of Israel and other neighboring countries such as Turkey and Jordan.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Is...drill-exercises-with-Arab-Greek-forces-485391
John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Minulle yllätyksenä Iipoilla näyttää olevan vielä F-4A Phantomkin Kreikan harjoituksessa.
Israeli Air Force pilots train alongside UAE pilots in international drill against Russian technology
The Israeli Air Force is currently taking part in an extensive international exercise with several foreign countries including the UAE. The main focus of the exercise is to train the pilots in dealing with the advanced Russian-made aerial defense systems, which are already operational in Syria and Iran.
Mar 30, 2017, 1:00PM Becca Noy
Planes during the drill Photo Credit: Greek National Defense Ministry/Channel 2 News
The Israeli Air Force is participating in an extensive international exercise in Greece alongside pilots from America, Greece, Italy and the UAE. The highlight of the drill is the training in dealing with the advanced Russian-made aerial defense systems including the S-300 missile system, which recently became operational in Syria and Iran.
All of the countries that are participating in the joint drill are operating in the skies above the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. An Israeli defense official said that this opportunity to train against the Russian missile systems and to get to know their weaknesses and strengthens will give Israel a better chance to deal with them in a future conflict.
Greece, during the drill Photo Credit: Greek National Defense Ministry/Channel 2 News
“This experience gives us the feel for a deployment,” said Staff Sergeant Jordan Anthony from the U.S. Air Force. “It gives us a chance to improve flexibility with things we may or may not have and the opportunity to work in an environment we’re not used to.”
49 planes from Greece, 12 planes from the U.S., 20 planes from Israel, 4 planes from Italy and 6 planes from the UAE are participating in the drill.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...ainst-russian-made-s-300-missile-system-27569
Israeli Air Force pilots train alongside UAE pilots in international drill against Russian technology
The Israeli Air Force is currently taking part in an extensive international exercise with several foreign countries including the UAE. The main focus of the exercise is to train the pilots in dealing with the advanced Russian-made aerial defense systems, which are already operational in Syria and Iran.
Mar 30, 2017, 1:00PM Becca Noy
Planes during the drill Photo Credit: Greek National Defense Ministry/Channel 2 News
The Israeli Air Force is participating in an extensive international exercise in Greece alongside pilots from America, Greece, Italy and the UAE. The highlight of the drill is the training in dealing with the advanced Russian-made aerial defense systems including the S-300 missile system, which recently became operational in Syria and Iran.
All of the countries that are participating in the joint drill are operating in the skies above the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. An Israeli defense official said that this opportunity to train against the Russian missile systems and to get to know their weaknesses and strengthens will give Israel a better chance to deal with them in a future conflict.
Greece, during the drill Photo Credit: Greek National Defense Ministry/Channel 2 News
“This experience gives us the feel for a deployment,” said Staff Sergeant Jordan Anthony from the U.S. Air Force. “It gives us a chance to improve flexibility with things we may or may not have and the opportunity to work in an environment we’re not used to.”
49 planes from Greece, 12 planes from the U.S., 20 planes from Israel, 4 planes from Italy and 6 planes from the UAE are participating in the drill.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...ainst-russian-made-s-300-missile-system-27569
Fremen
Greatest Leader
Voisiko olla jossain Wild weasel -tyyppisessä elso-roolissa siellä?Minulle yllätyksenä Iipoilla näyttää olevan vielä F-4A Phantomkin Kreikan harjoituksessa.
Israeli Air Force pilots train alongside UAE pilots in international drill against Russian technology
The Israeli Air Force is currently taking part in an extensive international exercise with several foreign countries including the UAE. The main focus of the exercise is to train the pilots in dealing with the advanced Russian-made aerial defense systems, which are already operational in Syria and Iran.
Mar 30, 2017, 1:00PM Becca Noy
Planes during the drill Photo Credit: Greek National Defense Ministry/Channel 2 News
The Israeli Air Force is participating in an extensive international exercise in Greece alongside pilots from America, Greece, Italy and the UAE. The highlight of the drill is the training in dealing with the advanced Russian-made aerial defense systems including the S-300 missile system, which recently became operational in Syria and Iran.
All of the countries that are participating in the joint drill are operating in the skies above the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. An Israeli defense official said that this opportunity to train against the Russian missile systems and to get to know their weaknesses and strengthens will give Israel a better chance to deal with them in a future conflict.
Greece, during the drill Photo Credit: Greek National Defense Ministry/Channel 2 News
“This experience gives us the feel for a deployment,” said Staff Sergeant Jordan Anthony from the U.S. Air Force. “It gives us a chance to improve flexibility with things we may or may not have and the opportunity to work in an environment we’re not used to.”
49 planes from Greece, 12 planes from the U.S., 20 planes from Israel, 4 planes from Italy and 6 planes from the UAE are participating in the drill.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...ainst-russian-made-s-300-missile-system-27569
Miksi yllätys?
Gyllis1
Respected Leader
Kreikan ilmavoimat lentävät vielä F-4E:stä modatuilla "Peace Icarus 2000" -koneilla:
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/ar.../greek-f_4e-upgrade-on-schedule-(oct.-9).html
Isrealin päivitetyt "Kurnas 2000" phantomit:
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/f-4/F-4.html
Nämä kai on jo poistettu käytöstä.
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/ar.../greek-f_4e-upgrade-on-schedule-(oct.-9).html
Isrealin päivitetyt "Kurnas 2000" phantomit:
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/f-4/F-4.html
Nämä kai on jo poistettu käytöstä.
Viimeksi muokattu:
John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Luulin, että ne ovat jo loppuun lennettyjä. Jo 80- luvun alussa katselin niitä Golanin taivaalla.
Löytyy ilmeisesti hieman vielä varastoista. Ei aktiivikäytössä ja tilanne on se, että sille koulutetut pilotit ja takamiehet alkavat eläköityä. Siis puhe Kurnass 2000-koneesta.
John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
David's Sling operatiiviseen käyttöön tänään.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Ne...terceptor-to-become-operational-Sunday-485852
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Ne...terceptor-to-become-operational-Sunday-485852
John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Turkissa värvätty, Syyriassa koulutettu Hamas terroristi oikeuteen Israelissa.
Israel arrests Syrian-trained Hamas recruit plotting terror attacks
ByAnna Ahronheim
April 5, 2017 11:36
The 23-year-old suspect resides in the West Bank, was recruited in Turkey and trained on Syrian soil. He was arrested before he could carry out deadly terror attacks against Israelis.
Hamas operative Malak Nazar Yousseff Kazmar. (photo credit:REUTERS,SHIN BET)
A Palestinian recruited by Hamas headquarters abroad to promote terror activity in Israel was charged at the end of March by the Samaria Military Court, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said, officially clearing for release information about the suspect on Wednesday.
Qalqilya resident 23-year-old Malak Nazar Yousseff Kazmar was arrested in a joint Shin Bet, IDF and Israel Police operation on February 26 2017.
According to the Shin Bet, it became clear during his interrogation that Kazmar, who had lived in Turkish Cyprus for the last few years, had been recruited by Hamas while he was in Jordan in August of 2015 and sent to a military training camp in Syria’s Idlib province in January 2016. In the military camp Kazmar learned to shoot and underwent theoretical training on the production of explosive devices.
In January 2017, shortly before he returned to the West Bank, he met with Hamas operatives in Istanbul who instructed him to recruit additional Hamas operatives who lived in Israel.
Kazmar was arrested on his return to the West Bank, before he could carry out the instructions he was given to try to find potential activists who could join Hamas ranks.
During his interrogation, he turned over the contents of an encrypted memory card that he had received from his operators on Turkish soil which contained extensive security guidelines and information intended to assist him in carrying out his missions.
“This investigation illustrates the activity of the Hamas headquarters abroad, including on Turkish soil, under the direction of the head of the 'Gadma' Office, Saleh al-Arouri” the Shin Bet statement read.
Al-Arouri, one of the founders of Hamas' military wing, was imprisoned by Israel for 15 years before being expelled to Syria. He fled to Turkey in 2012 when Hamas’ offices in Syria were shut. From Turkey he helped orchestrate the kidnapping and murder of the three Israeli teenagers in Gush Etzion in June 2014, which later triggered the Israel-Gaza conflict that lasted throughout the summer of that year.
“Hamas leadership continues to be assisted by activists who return to the West Bank to promote terrorist activity, while its leaders operate without interference in various countries abroad.”
Since the beginning of the latest wave of violence to hit Israel and the West Bank, numerous attacks by Hamas supporters and members have been thwarted in the West Bank. Last week, Shin Bet Director Nadav Argaman warned the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the current calm in violence is "deceiving" and that Hamas and other organized terror cells continue to plan attacks.
“The relative calm that we are experiencing at this time is quite deceiving, it’s misleading and deluding because Hamas and global jihadi infrastructure are working every day in attempting to conduct terrorist attacks in Israeli territory,” he said.
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C...-Hamas-recruit-plotting-terror-attacks-486152
Israel arrests Syrian-trained Hamas recruit plotting terror attacks
ByAnna Ahronheim
April 5, 2017 11:36
The 23-year-old suspect resides in the West Bank, was recruited in Turkey and trained on Syrian soil. He was arrested before he could carry out deadly terror attacks against Israelis.
Hamas operative Malak Nazar Yousseff Kazmar. (photo credit:REUTERS,SHIN BET)
A Palestinian recruited by Hamas headquarters abroad to promote terror activity in Israel was charged at the end of March by the Samaria Military Court, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said, officially clearing for release information about the suspect on Wednesday.
Qalqilya resident 23-year-old Malak Nazar Yousseff Kazmar was arrested in a joint Shin Bet, IDF and Israel Police operation on February 26 2017.
According to the Shin Bet, it became clear during his interrogation that Kazmar, who had lived in Turkish Cyprus for the last few years, had been recruited by Hamas while he was in Jordan in August of 2015 and sent to a military training camp in Syria’s Idlib province in January 2016. In the military camp Kazmar learned to shoot and underwent theoretical training on the production of explosive devices.
In January 2017, shortly before he returned to the West Bank, he met with Hamas operatives in Istanbul who instructed him to recruit additional Hamas operatives who lived in Israel.
Kazmar was arrested on his return to the West Bank, before he could carry out the instructions he was given to try to find potential activists who could join Hamas ranks.
During his interrogation, he turned over the contents of an encrypted memory card that he had received from his operators on Turkish soil which contained extensive security guidelines and information intended to assist him in carrying out his missions.
“This investigation illustrates the activity of the Hamas headquarters abroad, including on Turkish soil, under the direction of the head of the 'Gadma' Office, Saleh al-Arouri” the Shin Bet statement read.
Al-Arouri, one of the founders of Hamas' military wing, was imprisoned by Israel for 15 years before being expelled to Syria. He fled to Turkey in 2012 when Hamas’ offices in Syria were shut. From Turkey he helped orchestrate the kidnapping and murder of the three Israeli teenagers in Gush Etzion in June 2014, which later triggered the Israel-Gaza conflict that lasted throughout the summer of that year.
“Hamas leadership continues to be assisted by activists who return to the West Bank to promote terrorist activity, while its leaders operate without interference in various countries abroad.”
Since the beginning of the latest wave of violence to hit Israel and the West Bank, numerous attacks by Hamas supporters and members have been thwarted in the West Bank. Last week, Shin Bet Director Nadav Argaman warned the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the current calm in violence is "deceiving" and that Hamas and other organized terror cells continue to plan attacks.
“The relative calm that we are experiencing at this time is quite deceiving, it’s misleading and deluding because Hamas and global jihadi infrastructure are working every day in attempting to conduct terrorist attacks in Israeli territory,” he said.
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C...-Hamas-recruit-plotting-terror-attacks-486152
VanhaPate
Respected Leader
Hamas Program in Gaza High Schools Instructs Students in the Use of Weapons and Urban Warfare
A video presenting the graduation ceremony of a Hamas-run paramilitary training program in Gaza high schools was posted online by Khabar Press. For fifth consecutive year, 20,000-40,000 students attended the program, in which students learn urban and commando warfare and train in the use of various types of weapons, according to the program’s instructors. The video was posted on April 2
www.facebook.com/memri.org/videos/10155187423854717/
A video presenting the graduation ceremony of a Hamas-run paramilitary training program in Gaza high schools was posted online by Khabar Press. For fifth consecutive year, 20,000-40,000 students attended the program, in which students learn urban and commando warfare and train in the use of various types of weapons, according to the program’s instructors. The video was posted on April 2
www.facebook.com/memri.org/videos/10155187423854717/
John Hilly
Ylipäällikkö
Tapparan omistaja kuultavana Netanjahun lahjoista.
Millionaire Poju Zabludowicz testifies about gifts he allegedly gave to Netanyahu
Millionaire Chaim “Poju” Zabludowicz was asked to talk with police investigators about the gifts he allegedly gave to the Netanyahu couple. Zabludowicz voluntarily spoke with the investigators when he was visiting Israel last week.
Apr 9, 2017, 8:45AM Becca Noy
Netanyahu and Zabludowicz Photo Credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash 90
Millionaire Chaim “Poju” Zabludowicz was questioned by Lahav 433 investigators last week regarding the Netanyahu Gifts Affair. Zabludowicz, who was in Israel last week, was asked to testify about the gifts he allegedly gave to Netanyahu when the latter was Israel’s finance minister and prime minister.
Zabludowicz, who lives in London, is a major shareholder in El Al Airlines and heads the Tamares Group, a global private investment group founded by his father. In addition, Zabludowicz is an art collector.
Zabludowicz stated in response to the report that he gave voluntary testimony after he was asked to come in and talk to the investigators about the investigation into Netanyahu. Zabludowicz stressed that he is not a suspect in the investigation and that the police investigators thanked him for his testimony.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...in-netanyahu-gifts-affair-investigation-27754
Millionaire Poju Zabludowicz testifies about gifts he allegedly gave to Netanyahu
Millionaire Chaim “Poju” Zabludowicz was asked to talk with police investigators about the gifts he allegedly gave to the Netanyahu couple. Zabludowicz voluntarily spoke with the investigators when he was visiting Israel last week.
Apr 9, 2017, 8:45AM Becca Noy
Netanyahu and Zabludowicz Photo Credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash 90
Millionaire Chaim “Poju” Zabludowicz was questioned by Lahav 433 investigators last week regarding the Netanyahu Gifts Affair. Zabludowicz, who was in Israel last week, was asked to testify about the gifts he allegedly gave to Netanyahu when the latter was Israel’s finance minister and prime minister.
Zabludowicz, who lives in London, is a major shareholder in El Al Airlines and heads the Tamares Group, a global private investment group founded by his father. In addition, Zabludowicz is an art collector.
Zabludowicz stated in response to the report that he gave voluntary testimony after he was asked to come in and talk to the investigators about the investigation into Netanyahu. Zabludowicz stressed that he is not a suspect in the investigation and that the police investigators thanked him for his testimony.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news...in-netanyahu-gifts-affair-investigation-27754
John Hilly
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Jerusalem Post epäilee, että IDF salaa jotain Syyrian SA-5:n alasampumisesta.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Wh...the-interception-of-the-Syrian-missile-488264
What is the IDF trying to hide about the interception of the Syrian missile?
ByYossi Melman
April 19, 2017 12:32
On March 17 IAF jets were targeted by Syrian missiles in a rare incident that Israel responded to immediately. But what is the real story behind this incident?
Arrow missle. (photo creditEFENSE MINISTRY)
In the wee morning hours of March 17, a Friday, a strange incident marred the skies over the area of the Jordan Valley in Israel. According to an official statement released by IDF Spokesman, the country's Air Defense Command intercepted a Syrian, Russia-manufactured anti-aircraft missile at 2:40 a.m.
It had later been clarified that an Arrow 2 missile was aimed at a Syrian missile that was fired in the direction of the West Bank and Israel north of Jerusalem, in the area of the Jordan Valley.
But it seems that the short and laconic announcement by the IDF doesn't really tell the full story. Or in other words- the IDF isn't revealing the whole truth about the incident. So what really happened that Friday morning?
On that night, several Israel Air Force jets had returned from a mission in Syria, where they operated like they have in the past (according to foreign reports) to stop weapons convoys –mostly advanced missiles - on their way to Shi’ite terror organization Hezbollah. When the jets were already en route back to Israel, they came under fire of Russian-manufactured surface to air missiles SAM-5 (Vega) that were launched from Syria.
One of the Syrian missiles' trajectory pointed south-south west. Theoretically, it could have landed in Israeli territory. But when such a missile misses its target (in this case, the IAF jets), it's supposed to activate a self-destructing mechanism that sends its parts flying to the ground.
Since it was not clear at the time where the missile was coming from and there was serious concern that it would land within the West Bank or in Israel, it appears that the Arrow missile defense system had fired one or two intercepting missiles in its direction (as is the common procedure during interceptions).
Prior to the launch, a red alert siren was heard in several villages in the Jordan Valley where the interception of the missile was expected to happen.
Several days following the incident, the commander of the Air Defense Command, Brigadier General Tzi Haimovitch, provided more details. According to him "the threat was ballistic, and in such a situation there is no room for question marks or dilemmas." Haimovitch explained that the decision to intercept the missile was made by the relevant commanders "within a split second."
Due to the rapid reaction that was required facing this threat, the commander of the IAF and the chief of staff were not made privy to this decision- but they later backed up and justified it.
Arrow 2 missiles are equipped with a warhead with shrapnel shells. The shrapnel is usually supposed to hit the front part of the ballistic missile the Arrow intercepts. This is aimed mainly against the major threat facing Israel - Shahab-3 and Scud-D missiles, which Iran, Syria and Hezbollah all have in their arsenal. The shrapnel fired at the missile is meant to eliminate the explosives and neutralize the threat.
However, the “warhead” of SAM-5, a 40-year-old, outdated missile, does not contain explosives. It contains "metals"- avionics equipment and a radar antenna. Its warhead is actually located in its back part, some 3.5-4 meters from the tip. Next to it is the self-destructing mechanism, and between the two and the front separates a steel divider.
In short, it is most likely that the Arrow’s shrapnel hit the Syrian missile’s warhead but not its explosives in the back. In other words- it is doubtful that an interception took place in the full sense of the word.
What may have happened is that a shock wave, which spreads when shrapnel shards hit the front part of the missile (with the same effect of a hand-grenade), could have possibly neutralized the self-destructing mechanism of the Syrian missile. Another possibility is that the self-destructing mechanism didn't work for a technical reason.
If that is indeed the case, it can be assumed that a part or parts of the SAM-5, which weighs seven tons in total, continued in its flight and landed in some spot in Israeli territory.
Just to make things even clearer: the warhead of the Syrian missile weighs 200 kg. There are both seeing and hearing witnesses from communities in the area who noted large explosions that were followed by a resounding booming noise and a visible flash.
The Arrow 2 is a two-stage missile with two engines. The first one is manufactured by the Israel Military Industries and the second by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. When the first engine finishes its activity, it is ejected.
After the incident photos were published in Jordan showing a part of a missile's motor with inductors that came out of the engine. It fell to the ground in the area of Jordan's Irbid and was probably the first-stage engine of the Arrow. Therefore, there is a probability that an Arrow shard hit the Syrian missile, neutralized its self-destructing mechanism, but did not entirely destroy it. There's also a chance that the two Arrow missiles missed their target and that following a technical failure in the Syrian missile's self-destructing mechanism, the missile got to Israel.
The claim that some made in Israel that the parts that fell in Jordan were shards of the Syrian SAM has been ruled out by experts.
For the past two weeks the Jerusalem Post has been attempting to receive detailed answers from the IDF Spokesperson's Unit about the aforementioned information. Among some of the questions that were referred to the IDF it was asked whether parts or even small shards from the Syrian missile actually landed in Israeli territory, and whether published images that showed the metal part that landed in Jordan were actually part of the Arrow missile.
The spokesperson's unit declined to comment on the questions and was only willing to comment that the incident was still being investigated and that conclusions will be drawn accordingly.
This evasive reply raises even more questions. It implies perhaps that the IDF has something to hide and that the army is not interested in disclosing to the public the full details about this incident. It is also reminiscent of the security establishment's conduct seven years ago regarding the Iron Dome missile defense system.
It was claimed in the past that the Iron Dome would be capable of intercepting mortars or rockets within a short range, even a range of 5km, and still defend the communities along the border with Gaza. However, as the previous two military campaigns in Gaza have taught us, despite Iron Dome's impressive capabilities and the upgrades it has seen since, its ability to protect is challenged on an almost daily basis.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Wh...the-interception-of-the-Syrian-missile-488264
Voivat toki salaillakin, mutta en oikeastaan näe syytä. Arrow ohjusjärjestelmä kehitettiin, koska Patriot -järjestelmä ei hommassa oikein suorittanut. Syynä oli mm. se, että ohjus pyrki osumaan maalin keskivaiheille, eli sinne missä lentokonetta sattuisi pahiten. Tämä ei toiminut kun ammuttiin Scud -ohjusta jota piti osua kärkeen jossa on taistelukärki. Nyt on sitten tehty ohjuksia jotka nimenomaan iskevät maalia kärkeen, jotta taistelukärki saataisiin räjäytettyä, mutta se ei sitten olekaan hyvä jos maalina on vanha IT -ohjus.