Israeli Jets Bombed Targets In Syria



Israel Bombs Hezbollah-Bound Missiles In Syria: Official -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Israel has carried out an air strike targeting a shipment of missiles in Syria bound for Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday.

Israel had long made clear it is prepared to resort to force to prevent advanced Syrian weapons, including President Bashar al-Assad's reputed chemical arsenal, reaching his Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah allies or Islamist insurgents taking part in a more than two-year-old uprising against his government.

Hezbollah, allied with Israel's arch-enemy Iran, waged an inconclusive war with the Jewish state in 2006 and remains a potent threat in Israeli eyes. Israelis also worry that if Assad is toppled, Islamist rebels could turn his guns on them after four decades of relative calm in the Golan Heights border area.

The target of Friday's raid was not a Syrian chemical weapons facility, a regional security source earlier said.

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More News On Reports That Israeli Jets Bombed Targets In Syria

Israeli officials confirm IAF strike targeting missiles headed for Hezbollah -- Haaretz/Reuters/AP
Israeli warplanes launch air strike inside Syria -- BBC
Israeli strike on Syria targeted weapons shipment -- CBS/AP
Israeli officials confirm air strike on Syrian target -- Euronews
Israel launches air strike on Syria -- The Telegraph
Israeli warplanes bomb Syrian weapons convoy to Lebanon, say officials -- The Guardian
Israeli warplanes bomb suspected chemical weapons site in Syria after fears arms could be sent to Lebanon's Hezbollah -- Daily Mail
Israeli airstrike into Syria targeted 'game-changing weapons' bound for Lebanese militant group Hezbollah -- The Independent
Israeli Airstrike in Syria Targeted Weapons Cache -- Voice of America
Israeli warplanes strike Syrian weapons facility, US official says -- FOX News
US officials: Israelis launch airstrikes into Syria -- NBC
Israel bombs Syrian missile shipment -- Financial Times
Israel bombed Syria: US media -- AFP
Sources: U.S. believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria -- CNN
Israel Bombs Syria as the U.S. Weighs Its Own Options -- New York Times
Israeli Officials Confirm Air Strike on Syria – News Agency -- RIA Novosti
Israel bombs missile shipment in Syria - reports -- RT
Israel air strike on Syria 'is a message to Iran and the US' -- The Telegraph

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