JERUSALEM, - Israel closed its airspace in the north of the commercial aviation and install two anti-missile defense system after performing a number of air raids into Syria.
A Syrian human rights activist group said Israeli attacks that killed at least 42 Syrian soldiers. Israel's borders with Syria and Lebanon fairly quiet day on Monday (06/05/2013), although security forces in these countries are in excellent condition alert, a day after reports of an Israeli attack on Syria.
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| Smoke rising in Damascus, Syria after an Israeli air strike on Sunday (5/5) morning |
Syria has denied the allegations. Syrian Information Minister Omran Al Zoubi read a statement after an emergency cabinet meeting late on Sunday in Damascus, who called the Israeli attacks as an act of blatant aggression. Syrian Information Minister Omran Al Zoubi said that Syria has the right and responsibility to protect the country and its people from any offense inside or outside the country.
French news agency AFP quoted government sources are not mentioned in Damascus on Monday, saying Syria will choose the right time to reply and this may not happen in the near future.
This is the second attack by Israel against Syria in three days. One of the goals is reported to have attacked Israel last January.
Israeli officials declined to comment directly on the reports, but Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Ze'ev Elkin told Israeli radio that Israel is concerned about the sophisticated weaponry of civil war in Syria while the country was entering its third year.
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Ze'ev Elkin said that Israeli officials have expressed concern over Iran sent weapons or other countries to Syria. He added, which is very worrying that Israeli officials is the possibility of these weapons fall into the hands of Hezbollah.
The Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot reported on Monday, Israel has sent a secret message through diplomatic channels to the Syrian government, saying Israel has no intention of engaging in a civil war in Syria.
A member of the Israeli parliament-the-Tzachi Hanegby close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that, if there is any attack on Israel, the attack was directed against Hezbollah and not Syria.
Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Itamar Rabinovich, who is now a professor at Tel Aviv University, said the civil war in Syria has an impact on neighboring countries are flooded with refugees. Itamar Rabinovich said, so far, Israel is only slightly affected by the war, but this could change at any time and is now getting closer to that change.
Syrian allies Russia and China-condemned the attack. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and French are concerned Syrian conflict could spread.
U.S. President Barack Obama said that Israel has the right to protect himself from shipping weapons to Hezbollah.