Libya's Foreign Minister Fired After Meeting With Israel's Foreign Minister

 

CNN: Libya dismisses foreign minister after meeting with Israeli counterpart 

Abu Dhabi and Jerusalem (CNN)Libya's internationally recognized government dismissed Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush after she met her Israeli counterpart in Rome last week. 

Israel's foreign ministry announced on Sunday night that the meeting had taken place. 

The Libyan foreign ministry rejected reports that the meeting was officially sanctioned and said in a statement that it was "informal," "unprepared" and "did not include negotiations or consultations."

It added that Mangoush "reaffirmed Libya's principles towards the Palestinian cause in a clear and unambiguous manner."  

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Update #1: Libyan PM sacks foreign minister as row over Israel meeting grows (Reuters)  

Update #2: Libya’s Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush dismissed: Sources (Al Jazeera)  

WNU Editor: The reaction within Libya for this informal meeting of Foreign Ministers has been violent .... Protests erupt in Libya over contact with Israel (BBC)

Did Israeli Jets Bomb A Weapons Depots in Libya?

IAF F-16. IAF Website

Arutz Sheva: Report: Israeli Jet Struck Weapons Depots in Libya

Arab news sources say a jet destroyed warehouses in southern Libya that held weapons bought by Iran for Hamas.

Arab news sources reported at week's end that an unidentified jet believed to be Israeli destroyed warehouses in southern Libya that held weapons bought by Iran for Hamas.

According to the reports in Al Watan and other news outlets, the warehouses were completely destroyed. The weapons that were inside them had allegedly been purchased by Iran, by means of weapons dealers in Sudan and Chad, and were supposed to be smuggled to Hamas through Egypt, by means of the smuggling tunnels between Sinai ands Gaza.

Update #1: Israel reportedly bombed arms warehouses in Libya -- i24 News
Update #2: Israel Attacked Iranian Weapons in Libya, says Gulf State Newspaper -- Jewish Press

WNU Editor: If Israel did launch a strike .... with Egyptian support .... we will get some form of confirmation in about 5 or 10 years. Bur for the moment .... no one is talking.