{"id":8176,"date":"2013-07-15T01:50:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T07:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=8176"},"modified":"2013-07-15T01:50:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T07:50:54","slug":"report-israeli-airstrike-hit-syrian-missile-warehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/report-israeli-airstrike-hit-syrian-missile-warehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Israeli airstrike hit Syrian missile warehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel was responsible for an attack earlier this month on a missile warehouse in Syria, unnamed U.S. officials said.<\/p>\n

A New York Times report on Saturday cited the officials in saying that Israel carried out the July 5 air attack near Latakia, a major Syrian port city, targeting advanced anti-ship cruise missiles sold to the Syria government by Russia.<\/p>\n

Israeli officials and Pentagon officials declined to comment to The New York Times on the report. Syrian rebels have said they were not behind the Latakia attack.<\/p>\n

It would be the fourth Israeli airstrike against weapons targets in Syria in recent months.<\/p>\n

Israel has said it will not get involved in Syria’s two-year civil war, but has indicated that it will attack weapons stockpiles in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of Hezbollah, a terrorist group.<\/p>\n

Israel in January reportedly struck a weapons convoy in Syria carrying Russian-made missiles en route to Hezbollah. In May, Israel reportedly twice struck Syrian missile stockpiles.<\/p>\n

Israel has neither confirmed nor denied the attacks, though U.S. officials have identified Israel as the attacker in all three incidents.<\/p>\n

Russia said last month it would honor its commitment to deliver the advanced air defense missile system to Syria, despite objections from the United States, Israel and other Western nations.<\/p>\n

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