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Israel's Struggle with Iran


(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Israel's struggle with Iran has been taking place for many years. Israel strives to block Iran's nuclear program and acts to halt the supply of Iranian weapons to pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon, Gaza, and Syria. Israel is cautious, enabling operations to remain below the threshold of war. So far five strikes against Syrian sites associated with Iran have been attributed to Israel: a large facility for producing weapons was bombed last September, a Shi'ite militia base was hit in December, two strikes were directed against Iranians at the Syrian T-4 airbase near Homs, and this week a large shipment of missiles was hit south of Aleppo. The IDF believes there is still wide scope for maneuvering, with determined action possible without sliding into a war.
2018-05-04 00:00:00
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