HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ
1. FOUR SOLDIERS WOUNDED BY BOMB ON SYRIAN BORDER IN MOST SEVERE INCIENT SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR
One of the wounded was evacuated to hospital in serious condition. Israel blaming Hezbollah and Assad for series of border incidents in last two weeks.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. GOLAN HEIGHTS TRAP
Third incident in two weeks on northern border: Deputy Battalion commander, another officer and two soldiers set out to detain suspicious figure on border fence – and nearby bomb exploded. IDF not ruling out possibility that Hezbollah tried to perpetrate abduction.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Bomb in the north: Four soldiers wounded – one seriously.
TERRORISM ON THE FENCE, ON THE GOLAN HEIGHTS BORDER TOO
Severe incident on the northern border: IDF patrol hit near Majdal Shams. Deputy battalion commander among the wounded. Response: Artillery fire and ‘Tammuz’ rockets inside Syrian territory.
WALLA!
1. OVERNIGHT: AIR FORCE ATTACKS ASSAD ARMY TARGETS ON SYRIAN GOLAN HEIGHTS
In response to detonation of bomb against IDF soldiers on border, Syrian army command posts and artillery batteries were attacked, as well as training base „that aids terrorism.” IDF to reinforce Mt. Dov sector with armored units.
NANA10
1. FOR FIRST TIME SINCE START OF FIGHTING IN SYRIA: IDF ATTACKS ASSAD ARMY BASE
After bomb explosion in which four soldiers were wounded, air force attacked artillery battery and Assad army training base on Syrian Golan Heights. Seriously wounded soldier still in danger.
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 10:20. The print edition of Ma’ariv was unavailable today.]
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Both papers discuss yesterday’s incident on the border with Syria:
Yediot Ahronot says, „The recent incidents on the northern border have a direct link to the Syrians’ and Hezbollah’s growing sense of self-confidence regarding what they see as successes in the fighting inside Syria in recent weeks.” The author also believes that, „The change in Syria’s and Hezbollah’s patterns of activity along the border began after the February 25 attack on the weapons convoy in the Beka Valley,” and adds, „Israel played into their hands, not because – according to reports – it bombed inside Lebanon, but because it did not see fit to remain silent.” The paper calls on the government and the IDF, „to make it clear to the other side that it has no intention of accepting new rules of the game that contravene its security interests.”
Yisrael Hayom suggests that the security forces, „will have to find a solution to the question of if and how it is possible to deter the terrorist elements that operate freely in Syria and Lebanon,” and adds, „It seems that we may expect to see the realization of the scenario in which the northern borders become – sooner or later – borders of terrorism.”
BreuerPress
