Moment ‘Israeli earthquake bomb hits Syria’ in heaviest blitz on region for 12 years

THIS is the dramatic moment a colossal explosion rung out in Syria marking the "heaviest strikes" to hit the region in over a decade - even registering on the Richter scale.

An astounding video showed a giant mushroom-cloud fireball filling the sky alongside deafening sounds - with claims that the blast was caused by an Israeli strike.

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[jonnybloggs]

They do all this then tell me I can’t run my car cos it ruins the environment???? Wow

[robnowe]

Wasn't that explosion mostly the result of secondary explosion?

[Bronson]

I am always amazed at how good Israel is at gathering intel.

[MDC]

Israel isn't playing no games. Go Israel!

[gillesuzan]

That just tells you what they possess in there arsenal

[glennbraun]

God bless all these people stuck in war torn areas protect them and guide them through this

[OrenTubing]

Israel never used bombs that big and certainly wouldnt start around Russian forces. The explosion came from the targeted Syrian missiles

[michaelrhodes]

The IDF is one of the greatest militaries on earth. Well trained and highly effective. Fast and furious.

[UltraTrev]

Israel, bringing light to the darkness.

[paulcrosa]

that reminds us of when Churchill sank the French fleet in Northern Africa during WWII
Even Charles De Gaulle, being French, said he would have done the same.

[adii.]

They bombed a missile arsenal, so the explosion is from everything that was kept there, not just the air strike. And that's not a "blitz", Israel has never bombed entire cities indiscriminantly.

[paulmoore-xp]

One day other countries will realise they have to live with Israel they can't beat them

[bobertechnologies]

The munitions in the storage site exploded and caused the huge fireball, calling that an "earthquake bomb" is disingenuous

[sunray]

Something similar was in Toropets near Moscow

[ChrisM-tnhx]

5 seconds from the start of the video to the sound, and it was already in a fireball by the time the video started. That means the video was captured from a minimum of 2-3 Km away, probably more like 5. Imagine the size of that fireball if that's what it looked like from that distance.

[rareword]

After Iran and Hezbollah sent hundreds of missiles into Israel, what did they expect? To be allowed to store Iranian munitions in a Syria dominated by ex- al-Qaeda Islamists?

[stevenbaer]

During the Second World War, the British military made 2 types of earthquake bombs, tall boy: 12, 000 pounds and the other one is actually grand slam: 22, 000. Both were designed to penetrate the ground and exploded in the ground at 110 feet deep.

[johngreene]

Syria attacked Israel from the Golan heights. Israel now owns the heights for its protection.

[sudbahn]

Luckily Israel is there and takes care.

[Suds]

It is nice to see a leadership that protects their constituents.