A rare Israeli attack on Syria

 ISRAELI aircraft struck Syria for the first time since the Syrian uprising began nearly two years ago, say sources in Israel and Syria. But the attack does not mean that Israel wants to interfere in Syria’s burgeoning civil war. Rather, it marks the continuation of Israel’s covert war against an arms build-up by Islamist militias on its border, in particular the Lebanese Shia group, Hizbullah.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/pomegranate/2013/01/israel-v-syria