Israeli President Simon Peres publicly charged Syria on Tuesday with transferring Scud missiles to the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah. Israeli and Syrian officials have publicly charged each other with preparing for war. The U.S. official said Syria’s arms transfer could have been a form of deterrence against Israel.

Opponents of the White House’s policy that engagement with Damascus can convince Syria to reduce its strategic alliance with Iran, exclaimed the news Tuesday was evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad has no intention of breaking Syria’s strategic ties to Tehran and Hezbollah.

Egyptian military sources report that the Israeli Navy and the US Fifth Fleet have been charting Persian Gulf waters and Iranian shorelines in preparation for attacks by Israeli naval and special operations forces.

The Egyptian report also claims IDF intelligence and special forces officers have been marking out routes for their air and ground forces to push into Iran and strike its nuclear installations.

Information was leaked to Shorouk, a publication which Egyptian intelligence often uses as an outlet for information believed to be credible.

Wikipedia: Shorouk | Shorouk Ibrahim El Moallem | Egypt | United States Fifth Fleet | Israel | IDF

SOURCE: DEBKAfile Egyptian sources: Israel prepares to strike Iran from Gulf and N. Iraq

Ashkelon and Ashdown, twin Israeli ports up to 25 kilometers north of Gaza, were evacuated Monday, February 1, 2010 as a precaution after two large containers packed with explosives (possibly floating bombs) beached ashore. Authorities are investigating whether the containers are failed bombs or misguided shipments of explosives from Iran to Palestinian surrogates.

Wikipedia: Ashkelon | Ashdown | Gaza Strip | Gaza (city)

SOURCE: DEBKAfile Explosives-packed containers drift onto S. Israeli beaches

THU JAN 14, 2010 — Members of an Israeli embassy convoy escaped injuries when two roadside bombs detonated while the convoy was traversing from Amman toward the Allenby bridge crossing.

Terrorist spotters? … al Qaeda or Hamas spotters appear to have discovered the convoy’s regular route to the international crossing over the Jordan River. Amman, Jordan has been on high terror alert

Wikipedia: Allenby Bridge (King Hussein Bridge) |Jordan River | Jordan | Al Qaeda | Foreign relations of Israel

SOURCE: DEBKAfile Israeli embassy convoy escapes harm from two bomb blasts on Jordanian road

Lebanese anti-aircraft guns fired upon four Israeli warplanes that violated airspace near Marjayoun in southern Lebanon on Monday. The Israeli flight were a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

Wikipedia: Israel | Marjayoun | Lebanon | UN Security Council Resolution 1701

SOURCE: Pakistan Daily Times Lebanese army fires on Israeli fighter planes

SAT DEC 26 2009 — An Israeli special force went into the West Bank town of Nablus and killed Ghasen Abu Sharaf, Raad Sukarj and Banan Suboh, leading members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, the suicide-military wing of Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah. All three were implicated in the drive-by shooting murder of Rabbi Meir Avshalom Chai Thursday night, December 24, 2009.

SOURCE: Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians: Rabbi’s murderers and would-be infiltrators from Gaza