Syrian President Bashar Assad
A round-up of the Hebrew newspapers in Israel ; covering the major events happening in Israel and the Middle East . Haaretz-Maariv-Yedioth Ahronoth-Israel Hayom-The Jerusalem Post-Ynet-Arutz 7 News-Army Radio-Israel Radio-and Makor Rishon
The latest massacre in Syria dominates
the front pages of June 8th newspapers in Israel. The lead stories reported on the
slaughter of more than 100 people and some publish graphic images of dead
children.
Yedioth Ahronoth, quoting a report from al-Jazeera, says that Syrian
opposition sources claimed on Thursday, June 7th, that aircraft belonging to the Syrian
Air Force have dropped toxic material into the province of Dara’a .
According to the report, the unidentified material smells like sulfur and
causes drowsiness and unconsciousness. No further information on these
materials was provided, but the report also said that Assad’s forces had used
unidentified gas shells on civilians in Dara’a, Hama and Deir ez-Zor.
It is well-known that Syria
has a stockpile of unconventional weapons, including chemical weapons, the paper says.
The IDF’s Northern
District Commander, Yair Golan, recently warned that the battle in Syria may have an effect on what is happening in
Israel .
Golan pointed out that "Syria
has weapons of mass destruction along with a very heavy arsenal of weapons,
including surface-to-ground missiles and chemical weapons. The fact that Syria is a
storehouse of weapons which fuels terrorists in the region is very unsettling."
A senior Israeli military
officer told the paper that the ongoing conflict in Syria
has made it easier for Hizbollah to smuggle weapons into Lebanon . He
added that there is concern that some of the Assad regime's stockpile of
chemical weapons could end up in the group's hands. Defense Minister Ehud Barak
also warned that sophisticated weapons could be transferred from Syria to Lebanon and to Hizbollah should
Assad fall.
Is it a civil war in Syria ? Stay
tuned.
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