Senior Israeli Officials: If Iran Acts Against Israel We Will Topple Assad/رسميون في إسرئيل يؤكدون أن بلادهم سوق تسقط نظام الأسد في حال قامت إيران بأي عمل انتقامي ضد تل ابيب

Senior Israeli Officials: If Iran Acts Against Israel We Will Topple Assad
رسميون في إسرئيل يؤكدون أن بلادهم سوق تسقط نظام الأسد في حال قامت إيران بأي عمل انتقامي ضد تل ابيب
Jerusalem Post/April 11/18

“Assad’s regime and Assad himself will disappear from the map and the world if the Iranians do try to harm Israel or its interests from Syrian territory.”
Around 80% of the 32 Palestinians killed so far by the IDF during the Gaza border protests were terrorist operatives or identified with terrorist organizations, a new report asserts.
The report by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center said that 26 of the 32 Palestinians fit into those categories.
According to the report, nine of the dead Palestinians were part of military terror cells and four were part of Gazan security services.
The report said that the other 17 identified as connected with terrorist groups were identified as such based on public statements made by various terror groups taking credit for the loyalties or activities of those individuals.
The last six killed Palestinians were not mentioned by any terror groups and are presumed to be civilians. The Meir Amit center is viewed by many as unusually credible because it has ongoing connections to current military intelligence and is filled with top former Israeli intelligence officials.
According to the report, five of the dead were part of Hamas’ Izzadin Kassam military unit, while four were part of security services controlled by Hamas. Hamas took credit for the loyalties and actions of another seven of the dead and their bodies were wrapped in Hamas flags. One individual from that group was identified as an activist in Hamas’ student support group.
One of the dead was identified as being connected to Islamic Jihad’s military wing. Two of the dead were identified as operatives of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine – one as a military operative and one as a leader of the group in the al-Nazirat refugee camp. One of the dead was identified with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Six of the dead were both members of Fatah and involved in violent or provocative activities as part of the border standoff, according to the report and Meir Amit center Director Reuven Ehrlich. Two were identified as operatives of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Fatah’s military wing. Four more were identified as members of Fatah when Fatah took credit for the connection and wrapped their bodies in the Fatah flag.
The report said that the high percentage of persons identified with terrorist groups at the front showed that the protests and clashes are being orchestrated mostly by those groups and not by civilian leaders.
According to the center, many of the dead were not merely celebrated by terror groups, but the terror groups published photos of them armed and in military clothing.
Some of those killed were identified as being shot while trying to breach the border wall, during IDF attacks on Hamas lookout positions and one, who was armed with a Kalashnikov and explosives, was shot by an IDF aerial vehicle.
All 32 of the dead, except for two, were men between the ages of 19 and 45 and none of them were the original civilian organizers who were pushed aside by Hamas, Ehrlich told the Jerusalem Post. Ehrlich emphasized that this disproved accusations that Israel is targeting women and children and civilians generally.
Two of the dead were minors with estimated ages between 14 and 16. While one of them was said to be part of Hamas’ student group, it was unclear under what circumstances they were killed and what justifications might be put forth.
The report did admit that regarding one of the dead, that the family has disputed the IDF’s characterization of him as being connected to a terror group.
Regarding a few of the dead, the report had more uncertain language saying “it appears” that the individual was connected to a particular terror group. Some of these more borderline cases may account for the report identifying 80% of the dead as being connected with Hamas when an earlier report by the center said the percentage was at least as high as 60% (though that report said more research needed to be done).
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