CNN: Pressure on Syria
Wednesday evening, Israeli jets buzzed the home of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Ladekye, outside Damascus. Israeli television reported that the president was at home at the time.
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres complained that Syria allowed the exiled Hamas political leader Khalid Meshaal -- operating out of Damascus -- to order the kidnapping of the Israeli corporal. The flyover was seen as an attempt to bring pressure on al-Assad to rein in Meshaal.
Syrian state television called the Israeli flyover "an unacceptable, hostile and provocative act." Syria said its anti-aircraft batteries fired on the Israeli warplanes and chased them away.
Imad Moustapha, the Syrian ambassador to the United States, told CNN's "The Situation Room" that the flight was "mostly theatrical." He also denied any Syrian role in the current standoff.
"Syria is not involved whatsoever in what's happening there," he said, referring to Gaza. "The only reason that the violence is taking place there is the continuous occupation by the Israelis and the daily killing of Palestinians."
Syrian state television called the Israeli flyover "an unacceptable, hostile and provocative act." Syria said its anti-aircraft batteries fired on the Israeli warplanes and chased them away.
Imad Moustapha, the Syrian ambassador to the United States, told CNN's "The Situation Room" that the flight was "mostly theatrical." He also denied any Syrian role in the current standoff.
"Syria is not involved whatsoever in what's happening there," he said, referring to Gaza. "The only reason that the violence is taking place there is the continuous occupation by the Israelis and the daily killing of Palestinians."
По сообщению сирийского агентства САНА, два израильских самолета вторглись в среду в воздушное пространство страны в районе средиземноморского побережья. Они летели на низкой высоте.
По ним был открыт огонь сирийскими силами ПВО, после чего самолеты покинули территорию Сирии. Источник в армии Сирии сообщил, что это вторжение является непростительным актом.
“Если он означает возложение ответственности за похищение израильского солдата (в секторе Газа) на сирийских лидеров ХАМАС, то Израиль совершит непростительную ошибку, если перейдет границы логики”, – говорится в сообщении.
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