Washington, May 4 (ANI): The United States believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria, two officials have said.
U.S. and Western intelligence agencies are reviewing classified data showing Israel had most likely conducted a strike in the Thursday-Friday time frame, according to both officials.
According to CNN, this is the same time frame that the U.S. collected additional data showing Israel was flying a high number of warplanes over Lebanon.
One official said the United States had limited information so far and could not confirm that those were the same warplanes that conducted a strike.
Both officials said there is no reason to believe Israel struck at chemical weapons storage facilities.
According to the report, the Israelis have long said they would strike at any targets that transfer any kinds of weapons to Hezbollah or other terrorist groups, and at any effort to smuggle Syrian weapons into Lebanon that could threaten Israel.
The Lebanese army website listed 16 flights by Israeli warplanes penetrating Lebanon's airspace from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon local time, the report added. (ANI)
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