Assad uses Chemical Weapons on Civilians -- Israel Offers Humanitarian Assistance to Victims
According to Israel’s Deputy Minister for Development [Kara], the Assad regime in Syria has used chemical weapons against Syrian civilians in its struggle to control the country. Photos seen by Kara, according to Times of Israel, led him to believe that the embattled government is using such weapons against Syrian men, women and children.
Kara noted that Israeli medical times are working on the border between Syria and Turkey to save lives and treat people injured by the deadly clashes between Syria’s government forces and the insurgent groups arrayed against them. Kara is a member of the Likud party in the Knesset, which is currently in power and led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Speaking at gathering of community leaders in the Golan Heights, Kara said that Israel is primed to accept Syrians wounded during the now 15-month long conflict that has claimed more than 13,000 lives. Speaking about Israel’s humanitarian assistance, Kara said the Jewish state is also willing to go to Jordan to treat the wounded. “Israel is ready to receive casualties who are evacuated from Syria to Israel, and alternatively we are ready to send medical assistance through Jordan to those unfortunate children and babies whose families have been annihilated by the shabiha of the Syrian regime,” Kara said...
