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| Israeli warplane 'struck target on Syria-Lebanon border' amid weapons fears | Israeli warplane 'struck target on Syria-Lebanon border' amid weapons fears |
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| Israeli warplanes have attacked a target on the Syrian-Lebanese border, according to unconfirmed reports, following several days of heightened warnings from government officials over Syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons. | Israeli warplanes have attacked a target on the Syrian-Lebanese border, according to unconfirmed reports, following several days of heightened warnings from government officials over Syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons. |
| The Reuters news agency cited a western diplomat and a security source saying there had been "a hit" in the border area. The Israeli Defence Forces said it had no comment on the report. | The Reuters news agency cited a western diplomat and a security source saying there had been "a hit" in the border area. The Israeli Defence Forces said it had no comment on the report. |
| The report followed claims in the Lebanese media that up to eight IDF fighter planes had flown over Lebanon's airspace on Tuesday afternoon until the early hours of Wednesday morning. | The report followed claims in the Lebanese media that up to eight IDF fighter planes had flown over Lebanon's airspace on Tuesday afternoon until the early hours of Wednesday morning. |
| Israel has warned it would take military action to prevent the Syrian regime's chemical weapons falling into the hands of Hezbollah in Lebanon, or what it terms "global jihadists" fighting inside Syria. Israeli military intelligence is said to be monitoring the area around the clock by satellite for possible convoys carrying weapons. | Israel has warned it would take military action to prevent the Syrian regime's chemical weapons falling into the hands of Hezbollah in Lebanon, or what it terms "global jihadists" fighting inside Syria. Israeli military intelligence is said to be monitoring the area around the clock by satellite for possible convoys carrying weapons. |
| Hezbollah is also believed to have extensive stockpiles of conventional weapons inside Syria. Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, "wants to remove everything from Syrian soil to Lebanon", said Amnon Sofrin, a former head of intelligence for the Mossad. Israel, he added, is "looking very carefully at convoys heading from Syria to Lebanon". | |
| Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, was reported this week to be conducting intense security consultations on the possible response to the movement of chemical weapons. | |
| The deputy prime minister, Silvan Shalom, told Army Radio on Sunday: "If there will be a need, we will take action to prevent chemical weapons from being transferred to Islamic terror organisations. We are obligated to keep our eye on it at all times, in the event chemical weapons fall into Hezbollah's hands." | The deputy prime minister, Silvan Shalom, told Army Radio on Sunday: "If there will be a need, we will take action to prevent chemical weapons from being transferred to Islamic terror organisations. We are obligated to keep our eye on it at all times, in the event chemical weapons fall into Hezbollah's hands." |