Israel attacks Syria

bilston · 10-02-2018 8:36am #1

Waking up to some potentially serious breaking news. Israeli warplanes are attacking Syria and have attacked Iranian targets. One Israeli plane is reported to have been shot down.

Sky and BBC reporting this...

Blazer · 10-02-2018 8:38am

meh..samo samo.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-43014081

bilston · 10-02-2018 8:40am

Israel saying they were responding to an Iranian drone coming into contact with an Israeli helicopter. It's not clear whether this occurred over Israeli airspace. Presumably it did leading to the Israeli response.

bilston · 10-02-2018 8:41am

Blazer wrote: »

meh..samo samo.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-43014081

But is it?

Have Israeli warplanes struck Iranian warplanes in Syria before?

rockatansky · 10-02-2018 8:42am

Nothing really serious about it to be honest. They attack Syria quite regularly. The plane came down in Israel with the pilots ejected before it crashed.

Omackeral · 10-02-2018 8:44am

This sounds pretty Syrias actually, don't mind the guy above me.

buried · 10-02-2018 8:51am

Hande hoche! · 10-02-2018 9:50am

If it was shot down, probably the first IDF jet lost in a good while. Probably for the best that the pilots were over Israeli territory when they ejected.

ArchXStanton · 10-02-2018 10:37am

bilston wrote: »

Israel saying they were responding to an Iranian drone coming into contact with an Israeli helicopter. It's not clear whether this occurred over Israeli airspace. Presumably it did leading to the Israeli response.

Would you believe anything out of the Israelis..

Hande hoche! · 10-02-2018 10:38am

Bibi Netanyahu would probably enjoy a distraction, Syria might offer him one.

Gatling · 10-02-2018 10:40am

Pretty regular occurrence at this stage ,the only new suprise is the loss of an Israeli aircraft as pointed out above is the first in a long time ,
What comes next is the great unknown,

I'd expect a large scale assault taking out any and all anti air batteries belonging to Assad and Iran at some stage

BoJack Horseman · 10-02-2018 10:57am

bilston wrote: »

Waking up to some potentially serious breaking news. Israeli warplanes are attacking Syria and have attacked Iranian targets

They've been doing this frequently for the last several years.

You should go back to sleep before you find out that the Falklands were invaded in 82.

Atoms for Peace · 10-02-2018 11:02am

Maybe you should check out whats happening in northern Syria OP.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 10-02-2018 12:01pm

Omackeral wrote: »

This sounds pretty Syrias actually, don't mind the guy above me.

Dude, this isn't just Syrias. It's super Syrias. Like, Israeli Syrias.

Cheerful Spring · 10-02-2018 4:40pm

rockatansky wrote: »

Nothing really serious about it to be honest. They attack Syria quite regularly. The plane came down in Israel with the pilots ejected before it crashed.

All war is serious. And lets us not forget Russian forces are inside Syria now and Isreal could easily kill Russians by mistake. The plane was shot down while under fire. Isreal is playing a dangerous game. You don't see Iran and Syria sending fighter jets into Isreal to attack targets.

c.p.w.g.w · 10-02-2018 4:41pm

Their allowed to do what they want sure because of the h....

rockatansky · 10-02-2018 4:43pm

Cheerful Spring wrote: »

You don't see Iran and Syria sending fighter jets into Isreal to attack targets.

Yes because they both know that you choose your battles.

Iran isn't going to send in it's F-14s into Israel for the simple reason that not one of them would return.

Cheerful Spring · 10-02-2018 4:56pm

rockatansky wrote: »

Yes because they both know that you choose your battles.

Iran isn't going to send in it's F-14s into Israel for the simple reason that not one of them would return.

Point is Isreal is making moves again Iran and Syria. If they wanted those countries could easily attack Isreal with ease. Iranians have cruise missiles. Just saying we don't need another war in the middle east.

Rhys Essien · 10-02-2018 5:05pm

Russia have now issued a warning to Israel.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/unacceptable-endanger-lives-russian-soldiers-syria-moscow-132257065.html

rockatansky · 10-02-2018 5:15pm

Cheerful Spring wrote: »

Point is Isreal is making moves again Iran and Syria. If they wanted those countries could easily attack Isreal with ease. Iranians have cruise missiles. Just saying we don't need another war in the middle east.

You really believe Syria and Iran could attack Israel with ease?

This isn't going to escalate into more than an incident. Israel will respond with more air strikes, then pull back.

Cheerful Spring · 10-02-2018 5:23pm

rockatansky wrote: »

You really believe Syria and Iran could attack Israel with ease?

This isn't going to escalate into more than an incident. Israel will respond with more air strikes, then pull back.

You forget the Lebanon vs Isreal war in 2006. Isreal sustained heavy losses was the reason they retreated. Hezbollah was successful was the Iranians supplied them with better weaponry to fight with. Iranians have modernised their army capabilities in the last decade, they have missile capability to hit Isreal.

I not saying it will escalate, but there is always a chance it will when you got different countries killing each other soldiers on the ground.

The anti-aircraft batteries that shot down the Isreal jet are operated by Russians and Syrians at the Kheimim air base. Isreal was to go nuts and hit the Kheimim base, the likely kill Russian personnel. Of course, Isreal could warn ahead of time, but the element of surprise is no longer there for the attack.

biko · 10-02-2018 5:27pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rix1VZOYfSU

biko · 10-02-2018 5:29pm

Cheerful Spring wrote: »

... Isreal ... Isreal ... Isreal. ... Isreal ... Isreal ... Isreal ..

Did you mean: Israel?

jacksie66 · 10-02-2018 5:31pm

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rockatansky · 10-02-2018 5:36pm

Cheerful Spring wrote: »

You forget the Lebanon vs Isreal war in 2006.

No I dont. Your statement was Iran and Syria attacking Israel, not Lebanese Hezbollah.

And the point I'm making is that is not going to happen as a result of this shooting down.

Odhinn · 10-02-2018 5:42pm

bilston wrote: »

Waking up to some potentially serious breaking news. Israeli warplanes are attacking Syria and have attacked Iranian targets. One Israeli plane is reported to have been shot down.

Sky and BBC reporting this...

They've bombed them before and will do so again.

Atoms for Peace · 10-02-2018 5:50pm

jacksie66 wrote: »

Israel couldn't conquer Syria with its puppets in the US military and ISIS so it's doing it's own dirty work now..

Why would Israel want to conquer Syria?

Victor · 10-02-2018 5:58pm

Nothing new: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_involvement_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War#Israeli_airstrikes_against_targets_in_Syria

ArchXStanton · 10-02-2018 6:12pm

Don't know why they are crying over a downed jet...in all fairness they worked hard for it

Cheerful Spring · 10-02-2018 6:20pm

rockatansky wrote: »

No I dont. Your statement was Iran and Syria attacking Israel, not Lebanese Hezbollah.

And the point I'm making is that is not going to happen as a result of this shooting down.

A war with Iran will involve Lebanon, I think you know this? What makes this different we don't know if Russians fired on the Isreali jet. There is a lot we don't know any this time. Isreal has attacked since this downing of the plane and carried out more strikes inside Syria. It could end abruptly or could escalate to a wider conflict, we have to wait and see.

riffmongous · 10-02-2018 6:22pm

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Why would Israel want to conquer Syria?

Some sort of mad evangelical plot to bring about the Apocalypse

Israel attacks Syria

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