CONFUSING REPORTS 2: Israeli jets bomb weapons convoy on Syria-Lebanon border

As stated in the previous article, we are getting conflicting reports that Israeli jets have A) Hit a Syrian convoy shipping anti-aircraft missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon, or B) attacked a Syrian regime weapons research site near Damascus. Perhaps Israel his accomplished A and B.

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Israeli jets hit a weapons-transport convoy on the
Syria-Lebanon border. (Al Arabiya)

By Al Arabiya With Agencies

Israeli fighter jets have struck a convoy on the Syria-Lebanon border suspected of carrying sophisticated Russian-made surface-to-air missiles, Al Arabiya correspondent Ziad Halabi reported from Jerusalem on Wednesday.  

 Halabi said “security indications” pointed to a convoy carrying surface-to-air missiles being smuggled into Syria via the Lebanese border.

The Lebanese army had reported a heavy presence of Israeli jets over its territory throughout the night.

Among Israeli security officials' chief fears is that Hezbollah could get its hands on SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles. (Reuters) 

“There was definitely a hit in the border area,” one security source said. A Western diplomat in the region who asked about the strike said “something has happened,” without elaborating. 

Syrian television confirmed the Israeli raids but said they targeted a research center in Damascus province at dawn on Wednesday.

The air raids come amid Israeli concerns about the civil war in neighboring Syria and fears that advanced weapons could reach hostile groups in the country or the militant anti-Israel Hezbollah group in Lebanon.....

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