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Previous attack allegedly occured in April
Photo: Sudanese TV

Report: Israel bombed Sudan targets

Sudanese paper claims Israel's Air Force bombed vehicles which may have smuggled weapons twice this month. Sudanese officials deny report. Foreign media linked Israel to two similar previous attacks

Sudanese newspaper al-Intibaha reported last week that the Israeli Air Force attacked vehicles in South Sudan, Ynet learned on Sunday. The report speculated on whether the targeted vehicles had been serving arms smugglers.

 

The newspaper claimed that the first of two attacks was carried out on December 15. The IAF allegedly bombed two land cruiser vehicles killing four passengers. The second attack was reportedly carried out on December 18. A car had been bombed and all its passengers killed. It was also reported that an Israeli apache helicopter landed in an area where South Sudanese army radar stations are located.

 

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The report could not be verified and was denied by official Sudanese elements. South Sudan's army spokesman said he could not confirm the report.

 


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Vehicle reportedly attacked in April (Photo: Sudanese TV)

 

The past two years have seen two similar reports on alleged Israeli strikes against terrorists and arms smuggling convoys in Sudan. In January 2009, foreign media reported that IAF jets attacked an arms smuggling convoy transporting weapons to Hamas. According to the report, 119 were killed in the attack.

 

Last April, it was reported that two unknown individuals were killed when their car was bombed near an airport in Port Sudan. Police initially claimed that the two had been hit by a missile fired at them from the Red Sea. Later on, Sudanese officials said that a foreign aircraft attacked the car. Foreign media linked Israel to the incident.

 

Sudan has been known to serve terrorist groups as a route for arms smuggling. Last March, Egyptian security forces claimed they had seized five vehicles transporting weapons from Sudan en route to Gaza.

 

Ynet's security and defense analyst Ron Ben-Yishai said that Israel had neither confirmed nor denied previous reports on activity in Sudan. In this case too, the Sudanese sources could not be sure whether the alleged attack was carried out from the sea or from the air.

 

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.25.11, 15:56
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