A report on the explosion in an Israeli Cafe in the Golan
Syria-Israel, Politics, 5/21/2001

The Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am on Saturday issued a report in which it indicated that the " Golan Cafe explosion " resulted in human casualties and had targeted the commander of the Israeli front and that Israel "blackened" (did not publicize) this event.

The report added that the return back of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad quickly from Egypt to Syria was according to a report from the Syrian intelligence on that Israel is preparing for a military strike against Syria.

The sources added that Israel will resort to the security option against Syria, rather than the military one, through creating disorder inside the country.

The sources said that President Bashar al-Assad instructed upon his arrival back from Egypt to raise the military and security capability in light of reading developments taking place in the region at the fronts of Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, noting that daily spying sorties carried out by Israel in the Lebanese airspace. Sorties which constitute introduction for raids over Baalbeck until Tripoli.

The sources indicated the quick and expressive comment passed by the Syrian foreign minister Farouk al- Shara about the Golan operation and whether it marks the beginning of a resistance when he said:" I can not say it is the beginning, but the rules of the game can not be imposed by Israel."

The sources indicated that the operation of the Golan and the Hizbullah operation in Shebaa farms carried out in the same day pushed Israel to accelerate the situation with Syria to the edge of war and this was reflected in statements made by the Israeli defense minister he launched against Syria while flying in a helicopter over the sites of the two operations.

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