13.08.2006, 20:25
Zitat:Intense Hizballah rocket barrage– 230 by Sunday night - kills an elderly man in Yaara, seriously injures 3 civilians in the Haifa region, 11 people in Safed and Shlomi.
August 13, 2006, 7:27 PM (GMT+02:00)
Five Khaibar-1 missiles hit the Beit Shean and Jezreel valleys south of Haifa. The port city and it’s the bayside suburbs took a beating. Many buildings are on fire
Zitat:The first names released of 24 Israeli servicemen killed in action against Hizballah in Lebanon Saturday, August 12.
August 13, 2006, 3:10 PM (GMT+02:00)
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Zitat:Hezbollah's Anti-Merkava Missiles.
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By Prof. Ali Al-Hail
The turning point in the war between Hezbollah and Israel since July 12th has certainly, been Hezbollah’s anti tank missiles. The supposedly, fourth generation of Israeli most advanced tank ‘Merkava’, has since Israel began its ground offensive on July 19th, been significantly, deactivated.
By using Russian-made Metis-M and European-made Milan anti-tank missiles by Hezbollah, according to reports more than 100 Merkava tanks had been destroyed, including killing or injuring their crews. The AP (AP, Saturday August 5), was reported to have circulated that, during two days only, Thursday August 3rd and Wednesday August 2nd , Hezbollah fighters had fired anti-tank missiles at three Merkava tanks. They were immediately pierced and 7 soldiers of its squads had been, killed.
According to the Israeli Army, quoted by the AP (August 5th) The Israeli-made Merkava tanks — mountains of steel that, are vaunted as symbols of Israel's military might. Despite this reputation, Hezbollah’s anti-tank missiles, according to reliable sources destroy routinely, an average of two Merkava tanks, on a daily basis.
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