BREAKING NEWS: Israeli airstrike on Syria

Israel conducts airstrike on Syria - reports

Israel has reportedly conducted an airstrike into Syrian territory this evening in a bid to halt the flow of arms out of that country, according to American officials who confirmed with both CNN and NBC News.

RT,

3 May, 2013,

According to initial reports, Israeli warplanes were observed over Lebanese airspace, but there is no confirmation that any entered Syria’s.

According to CNN, US and Western intelligence agencies are reviewing classified data showing that Israel most likely conducted a strike in the Thursday-Friday time frame. Lebanon’s army website had listed an unusual 16 flights by Israeli warplanes penetrating Lebanon's airspace from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon local time.

Anonymous US officials who spoke with NBC said they believed that the target struck by Israeli forces was a weapons shipment meant for Lebanon's Hezbollah, and was "related to" chemical weapons technology.

In Washington, an Israeli spokesman would not comment on the reports, but stated that the transfer of weapons to the Lebanese political party would not be tolerated.

“Israel is determined to prevent the transfer of chemical weapons or other game-changing weaponry by the Syrian regime to terrorists, especially to Hezbollah in Lebanon,” said the Israeli official.

An unnamed Israeli defense official, while not confirming an airstrike, told CNN that "We will do whatever is necessary to stop the transfer of weapons from Syria to terrorist organizations. We have done it in the past and we will do it if necessary in the future."