“Israeli” Intelligence Officer Assures: “Israel” Operates in Sudan

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An "Israeli" intelligence official has "for the first time confirmed that the "Israeli" military operates in Sudan," one day after Khartoum accused Tel Aviv of bombing an arms factory outside the Sudanese capital, the National Public Radio (NPR) reports.
Officially, "Israel" has refused to comment on the accusations leveled by the Sudanese government. Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Belal Osman, showcasing video and eyewitness reports, said "Israel" sent four warplanes to strike an arms factory on the outskirts of Khartoum before dawn Wednesday, killing two people and wounding several others.
Osman said it wasn't the first "Israeli" attack on Sudanese territory: In 2009, an arms convoy traveling through eastern Sudan was hit in an airstrike; in 2011, a missile struck a car near the city of Port Sudan, killing two men.
Speaking anonymously to NPR, an "Israeli" intelligence officer says that "Israel" does -- most definitely -- operate in Sudan.

The intelligence officer wouldn't allow NPR to quote him by name, as he was breaking military protocol by speaking about the attacks.
According to the media organization, speaking to which the unnamed official made the comments, "whatever the "Israeli" military may or may not do is shared with "Israel's" friends in the West."

The Director of "Israeli" think tank Begin-Sadat Center, Efraim Inbar also said it is plausible that "Israel" should have been involved in the recent military operation in Sudan.

On Wednesday, Sudan called on the United Nations Security Council to condemn "Israel" for violating the country's sovereignty and bombing the factory
Sudanese Ambassador to the UN, Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman said, "We all know of the "Israeli" hands in the Darfur conflict" over the past decade. The UN says more than 300,000 people have been killed in the conflict.

Source: NPR, edited by moqawama.org