Originally published on November 2, 2013
CNN reported on Thursday (October 31) that Syrian rebels and a U.S. official confirmed that Israel was behind the attack on a Syrian military base on Wednesday night. However, the Israeli government has declined to comment on the issue. CNN quoted an unidentified U.S. administration official on Thursday as saying Israeli warplanes struck a Syrian base near the port of Latakia. The air strike was aimed at missiles that Israel thought might have been en route to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Meanwhile, one Syrian opposition source, reportedly a defector from air force intelligence with contacts in the Latakia region, said Israel's attack hit a strategic missile battery near a village called Ain Shikak, where President Bashar al-Assad's forces kept long-range Russian missiles.
Reuters reports, "Israel has repeatedly warned that it is prepared to use force to prevent advanced weapons, notably from Iran, reaching Hezbollah, which hit northern Israel with hundreds of rockets during a month-long war in 2006.
"The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which collates reports from opposition activists, said late on Wednesday that there had been an explosion at an air defense base near Jableh, on the Mediterranean coast south of Latakia.
"The Lebanese military said six Israeli jets had flown over Lebanese territory on Wednesday. Israeli aerial incursions over Lebanon are frequent, but such high numbers have in the past sometimes been an indication of military strikes against Syria."
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