Netanyahu Says Syria Raid Targeted 'Advanced' Hizbullah Arms
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel's latest air strikes into Syria targeted weapons bound for Hizbullah, and that it will continue to carry out such raids.
"When we identify attempts to transfer advanced weapons to Hizbullah and we have intelligence and it is operationally feasible, we act to prevent it," he said in footage aired on Israel's major television networks.
"That's how it was yesterday and that's how we shall continue to act," he said.
"We are fully determined and the evidence of that is that we are acting. Everybody must take that into account -- everybody," Netanyahu went on to say.
In April 2016, Netanyahu admitted for the first time that Israel had attacked "dozens" of convoys transporting weapons in Syria destined for Hizbullah, which fought a devastating 2006 war with Israel and is now fighting alongside the Damascus regime.
Source: Agence France Presse
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