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Veteran Struggle Correspondent: Blast In Golan Heights Not From Hezbollah Rocket
Veteran Struggle Correspondent: Blast In Golan Heights Not From Hezbollah Rocket
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Veteran conflict correspondent Elijah Magnier informed Sputnik that the crater from the explosion in Golan Heights couldn’t have come from a Hezbollah Falaq rocket as Israel claims.
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Veteran conflict correspondent Elijah Magnier informed Sputnik on Monday that what little info is out there on the Golan Heights explosion that killed 12 Arab Druze Muslim youngsters contradicts the official story supplied by the Israeli authorities.Magnier, who has over 35 years of expertise overlaying conflicts in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia, says that the proof the Israelis have offered has been unconvincing.“Usually, when the forensic group is on the scene, [they] take tons of of pictures with each single piece earlier than they contact something. We haven’t seen all that, however we’ve seen a rush of accusing Hezbollah,” Magnier added.Pictures taken from civilians on the scene present a small crater on the sting of a soccer subject, subsequent to {a partially} destroyed fence.“The diameter of the crater [from a Hezbollah Falaq rocket] can [be] between 4 to 6 meters and the depth could be… between 1.5 to three meters, which isn’t the case at all the explosion we’ve seen,” Magnier described. “We’ve seen on this explosion solely a small a part of the fence [was] broken and the opposite a part of the fence remains to be intact. So, even the fragment of the explosion is completely different. The shrapnel is completely different.”On Sunday, Israel bombed 12 settlements in Lebanon after saying that Hezbollah had crossed a “pink line” within the assault. Hezbollah has vehemently denied it was concerned. Magnier identified that they don’t have a cause to assault Druze Muslims in Golan Heights, which is illegally occupied by Israel however nonetheless comprises a big Muslim inhabitants.“Hezbollah has hundreds of civilian goals [it could hit] which can be near the borders of Lebanon, and it might probably actually destroy any village or any Israeli occupied metropolis with out the necessity to go to a different village that’s occupied by Druze Muslims who’ve [influence] in Syria and Lebanon and wish to declare their help to the Palestinians,” argued Magnier, who added that Hezbollah has not been hitting civilian targets because it began shelling Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.Magnier argued {that a} defective Israeli air protection missile was a extra probably offender within the Golan Heights explosion.“I can say that there are malfunctioning missiles and there are malfunctioning rockets that may fall wherever and these incidents are very frequent, particularly with the Israeli interception missiles, the place they are saying that solely 60 to 65% attain their goal and the others miss,” he stated. “A robust risk… an Israeli interception missile of the kind Tamir… they carry round 10 to fifteen kilograms of explosive they usually have a really comparable affect to what we’ve seen within the footage offered on the bottom by the individuals of Majdal Shams within the Golan Heights.”Magnier famous that the scale of the crater matched what the Tamir might create and that there was nonetheless grass from the sector across the crater, which might not occur with a bigger Falaq rocket.On Monday, US and Israeli media reported that an Israeli official stated its response was nonetheless coming and that it could be “restricted however important” with a view to keep away from an all-out conflict.“So, we perceive that Netanyahu is basically attempting to keep away from being concerned in a conflict that he doesn’t know what the results can be. He can begin, however he can’t finish it,” concluded Magnier. “What’s the final goal [in attacking Hezbollah]? Destroy Lebanon? Destroy the airport? He may have his airport destroyed. Assault the Capital? He may have Tel Aviv destroyed. So that is the place we see that issues are usually not as clean because the Israelis are attempting to indicate.”
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On Saturday, an explosive fell onto a sports activities subject in Majdal Shams in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, killing 12 youngsters. Israel blamed the Lebanese Shia motion Hezbollah. The group has denied the accusation.
Veteran conflict correspondent Elijah Magnier informed Sputnik on Monday that what little info is out there on the Golan Heights explosion that killed 12 Arab Druze Muslim youngsters contradicts the official story supplied by the Israeli authorities.
“First, [Israel has] refused any Western investigation by Israeli allies. In order that they don’t need anybody to analyze the kind of rockets and/or the particles,” Magnier defined. “And the technical particulars of the explosions are very telling. The Falaq rocket that Hezbollah fires is a 50 kilogram explosive. Now, a warhead with such a amount of explosive doesn’t depart the injury that was left by the explosion that occurred in Golan Heights, [it would be] a lot greater.”
Magnier, who has over 35 years of expertise overlaying conflicts in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia, says that the proof the Israelis have offered has been unconvincing.
“We’ve not seen any image… of the steering system, or any part that [we] want to grasp what sort of rocket [or missile] that exploded on this place,” Magnier started. “They confirmed us two items with serial numbers that match the Falaq, however not on the identical scene of the explosion. They’re fully completely different on a white plank. So, we do not know the place these items had been taken from.”
“Usually, when the forensic group is on the scene, [they] take tons of of pictures with each single piece earlier than they contact something. We haven’t seen all that, however we’ve seen a rush of accusing Hezbollah,” Magnier added.
Pictures taken from civilians on the scene present a small crater on the sting of a soccer subject, subsequent to {a partially} destroyed fence.
“The diameter of the crater [from a Hezbollah Falaq rocket] can [be] between 4 to 6 meters and the depth could be… between 1.5 to three meters, which isn’t the case at all the explosion we’ve seen,” Magnier described. “We’ve seen on this explosion solely a small a part of the fence [was] broken and the opposite a part of the fence remains to be intact. So, even the fragment of the explosion is completely different. The shrapnel is completely different.”
On Sunday, Israel bombed 12 settlements in Lebanon after saying that Hezbollah had crossed a “pink line” within the assault. Hezbollah has vehemently denied it was concerned. Magnier identified that they don’t have a cause to assault Druze Muslims in Golan Heights, which is illegally occupied by Israel however nonetheless comprises a big Muslim inhabitants.
“Hezbollah has hundreds of civilian goals [it could hit] which can be near the borders of Lebanon, and it might probably actually destroy any village or any Israeli occupied metropolis with out the necessity to go to a different village that’s occupied by Druze Muslims who’ve [influence] in Syria and Lebanon and wish to declare their help to the Palestinians,” argued Magnier, who added that Hezbollah has not been hitting civilian targets because it began shelling Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
Magnier argued {that a} defective Israeli air protection missile was a extra probably offender within the Golan Heights explosion.
“I can say that there are malfunctioning missiles and there are malfunctioning rockets that may fall wherever and these incidents are very frequent, particularly with the Israeli interception missiles, the place they are saying that solely 60 to 65% attain their goal and the others miss,” he stated. “A robust risk… an Israeli interception missile of the kind Tamir… they carry round 10 to fifteen kilograms of explosive they usually have a really comparable affect to what we’ve seen within the footage offered on the bottom by the individuals of Majdal Shams within the Golan Heights.”
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Magnier famous that the scale of the crater matched what the Tamir might create and that there was nonetheless grass from the sector across the crater, which might not occur with a bigger Falaq rocket.
“All the things there signifies that we’re speaking a couple of small-sized missile [and] not an enormous sized rocket of fifty kilograms.”
On Monday, US and Israeli media reported that an Israeli official stated its response was nonetheless coming and that it could be “restricted however important” with a view to keep away from an all-out conflict.
“So, we perceive that Netanyahu is basically attempting to keep away from being concerned in a conflict that he doesn’t know what the results can be. He can begin, however he can’t finish it,” concluded Magnier. “What’s the final goal [in attacking Hezbollah]? Destroy Lebanon? Destroy the airport? He may have his airport destroyed. Assault the Capital? He may have Tel Aviv destroyed. So that is the place we see that issues are usually not as clean because the Israelis are attempting to indicate.”
