Israel 'Planning Strike On Hezbollah Sites In Syria'

[Purveyor]

Israel is planning to strike Hezbollah weapons storage and production facilities in Syria, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported Saturday.

The report in the daily Alrai quoted unnamed Western sources as saying that Israel has bolstered its troop presence in the Golan Heights and the Galilee panhandle. It also quoted European sources who said Israel had sent unmanned aerial vehicles over Syria and Lebanon, which they called a sign that Israel is planning a military operation in one or both of its northern neighbors.

The paper said Israel is particularly focused on facilities where Hezbollah stores long-range rockets, some of which are deep in Syrian territory.

It also cited unnamed sources who predicted that unlike Syria's muted response to the 2007 strike on a reputed nuclear reactor on its soil - which foreign media said was by Israel - this time the country would respond far more forcefully and quickly.

The Syrian Army, the paper reported, is at a heightened state of readiness, having deployed anti-aircraft missiles along the Israeli border and in other key strategic areas in the country.

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http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-planning-strike-on-hezbollah-sites-in-syria-1.310754

[aquart]

1. Of course.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. They would be foolish not to be working on contingency plans. Every nation does...