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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Daily Mail embeds with the Israeli Army rescue mission to save Al Nusra soldiers fighting Assad.
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Under cover of darkness, an Israeli armoured car advances down the potholed road that leads to Syria. As it crests a small hill, the driver picks up the radio handset and tells his commanding officer that the border is in sight.
He kills the engine. Ten heavily-armed commandos jump out and take cover, watching for signs of ambush. Then five of them move up to the 12ft chainlink fence that marks the limit of Israeli-held territory.
On the other side, on the very edge of Syria, lies an unconscious man wrapped like a doll in a blood-drenched duvet. The commandos unlock the fence, open a section of it and drag him onto Israeli soil.
But this wounded man is not an Israeli soldier, or even an Israeli citizen. He is an Islamic militant. And his rescue forms part of an extraordinary humanitarian mission that is fraught with danger and has provoked deep controversy on all sides.
MailOnline has gained unprecedented access to this secretive and hazardous operation, embedding with the commandos to obtain exclusive footage, and interviewing the medics who are obliged to treat Syrian militants, some of whom openly admit that they intend to kill Israelis.
http://is.gd/xICEdB
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The Daily Mail embeds with the Israeli Army rescue mission to save Al Nusra soldiers fighting Assad. (Original Post)
betterdemsonly
Dec 2015
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So Assad is under attack by Al Qaeda in Syria and Israel teams up with Al Qaeda ?
GreatGazoo
Dec 2015
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GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)1. So Assad is under attack by Al Qaeda in Syria and Israel teams up with Al Qaeda ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nusra_Front
Curiouser and curiouser...
"Truth is the first casualty of war." - Churchill
Curiouser and curiouser...
"Truth is the first casualty of war." - Churchill
hack89
(39,171 posts)2. Israel cares only about Hezbollah
helping rebels that are fighting Hezbollah while keeping the border quiet makes perfect sense.
betterdemsonly
(1,967 posts)3. kick n/t