VARIOUS: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON SAYS ISRAEL IS READY TO "HIT ITS ENEMIES ANY PLACE AND IN ANY WAY"

Record ID: 400941

  • Title: VARIOUS: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON SAYS ISRAEL IS READY TO "HIT ITS ENEMIES ANY PLACE AND IN ANY WAY"
  • Date: 8th October 2003
  • Summary: (W4) JERUSALEM (OCTOBER 7, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. MV SOLDIERS AT CEREMONY 0.08 2. MV ISRAELI DEFENCE MINISTER SHAUL MOFAZ, PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON, AND ISRAELI PRESIDENT MOSHE KATSAV STANDING AT CEREMONY; SCU SHARON; SCU ISRAELI GIRL HOLDING CAMERA 0.24 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON SAYING "Israel will not be d
  • Embargoed: 23rd October 2003 13:00
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  • Location: ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER/AMATH HOULA/TYRE, LEBANON/JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Lebanon Jerusalem Jerusalem
  • Reuters ID: LVABNALHCJ63M1POIVV3ETN6U73O
  • Story Text: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel was ready to
    "hit its enemies any place and in any way" .

    Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Tuesday (October
    7) Israel was ready to "hit its enemies any place and in
    any way" two days after an Israeli air raid in Syria.

    Sharon took a tough line but made no specific threats
    in his first public comments since Sunday's strike on what
    Israel said was a training camp for Palestinian militants.

    Tensions have risen in the Middle East since the attack.

    "Israel will not be deterred from defending its
    citizens and will hit its enemies any place and in any
    way," Sharon told a memorial service marking the 30th
    anniversary of the 1973 Middle East War which was broadcast
    live on Israeli Radio.

    "At the same time we will not miss any opening and
    opportunity to reach an agreement with our neighbours and
    peace," he said.

    The strike was Israel's deepest air raid in Syria in
    three decades. U.S. President George W. Bush said on Monday
    Israel had the right to self-defence but the White House
    also urged Israel and Syria not to fuel tension and
    hostilities.

    Israel carried out the air raid following a Palestinian
    suicide bombing that killed 19 people on Saturday.

    Four-year old Ali Yassin died as a result of shrapnel
    injuries from a missile that fell on his grandfathers house
    in the southern village of Houla in Lebanon, near the
    Israeli border. His brother, Ahmed Yassin was also wounded
    in the blast and was being treated in hospital.

    One security source told Reuters in Beirut the
    missile's origin was unclear, and other security sources
    said it was probably fired at Israel from inside Lebanon
    but fell short.

    The army said a soldier was shot dead at the border on
    Monday (October 6), and military sources blamed his death
    on Hizbollah guerrillas backed by Iran and Syria. Hizbollah
    denied its forces had been involved in any shooting.

    An official from the United Nations peacekeeping force
    in Lebanon said one of its water trucks was hit by three
    bullets fired from inside Israel during the incident.

    Israeli military sources blamed the soldier's death at
    the border with Lebanon on Hizbollah guerrillas backed by
    Iran and Syria.

    Israel's border with Lebanon had been relatively quiet
    since August when Israel attacked militant targets after
    Hizbollah guerrillas killed an Israeli teenager.


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