The Israel Air Force bombed a Syrian base in the Latakia airport in the north of the country on Sunday, Lebanese media reported Monday morning. There are currently no other confirmations of this report, the Israeli Haaretz reported.
Israeli security sources refused to
confirm or deny the claims and there are serious doubts as to whether Israel in
fact carried out the attack. In such cases in the past, information leaked was
corroborated by the American government. They have not commented on this
incident, Haaretz reported.
Senior Israeli officials have
clarified on several occasions that Israel will not allow the transfer of
advanced weapons from Syria to Hezbollah, which they fear will bolster the
militant Shi'ite group's ability to attack Israeli targets.
Two weeks ago, Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu hinted that Israel is operating to thwart the transfer of
weapons, even if such reports are not made public. He was relating specifically
to the threat posed by Hezbollah to Israeli naval ships by precise missiles.
According to various reports in
foreign media, Israel attacked weapons depots in the Latakia area in the past,
though Israel has not confirmed such reports. Last November, U.S. sources
reported that Israel was behind an attack on Russian SA-8 surface-to-air
missiles near Latakia.
Israel's security establishment
estimates that Bashar Assad is committed
to transferring weapons to Hezbollah in light of the group's contribution to
the survival of his regime. Source: Haaretz
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