War briefs

More IAF strikes in Lebanon overnight:

The Israeli air force on Friday fired missiles at a bridge on the Beirut-Damascus highway over the Zahrani river and a Hizbullah base in Khiam.

The navy bombarded launch pads used by Hizbullah to fire Katyusha rockets into northern Israel.

Witnesses in Beirut said the Israeli Air Force again attacked the city’s international airport, according to Hizbullah’s television station al-Manar.

[…] Lebanon police reported that IAF aircrafts attacked a base of Ahmed Jibril’s organization, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command, at the Bekaa Valley, only 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) away from the Syrian border.

More rocket attacks on Israeli civilians today:

Katyusha rocket hits house in Safed, wounding 12 people. One person in serious condition after sustaining head injuries; some 14 rockets hit town Friday afternoon. Simultaneously rockets fired at Nahariya, land in heart of town; two lightly injured in strike.

More than 700 katyusha rockets and mortars have landed in Israel since the beginning of hostilities. Imagine the “disproportionate” response of any other nation under these circumstances. Like, say, Russia. Or France, who threatened to nuke Iran only this past year, as I recall.

Still waiting for UN condemnation of Hezbullah rocket attacks on Israel. No, not really.

Baby Assad is feeling the heat. His ambassador to the U.K. called on Hezbullah to stop firing rockets at Israel.

In a significant move, the Syrian ambassador to London, in an interview with the BBC, called on Hizbullah to stop firing missiles at Israel.

“Syria is not interested in joining the battle,” the ambassador said. He also asked Hizbullah to come to an arrangement that would include exchanging prisoners.

You know, this could be the Syrian version Groundhog Day. If Baby Assad comes out of his bunker and sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of war. If he stays inside, it will be a long war. Either way, Baby Assad will not be getting a tan this summer.

Terrorists are still firing kassam rockets into Sderot. Obviously, Israel needs to make the message louder and more clear. Hamas hasn’t heard it yet.