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Syrian media: Israel hits Hezbollah targets in Qalamoun area
2015-12-27
[IsraelTimes] Local reports say that at least seven Arclight airstrikes carried out by Israeli warplanes; Lebanese terror group denies reports

Israeli warplanes hit Hezbollah targets in the Qalamoun area of Syria in a series of at least seven Arclight airstrikes, Syrian media outlets reported Saturday night.

The Israel Defense Forces declined to comment on the alleged Arclight airstrikes. Hezbollah denied Israeli raids had targeted their positions, according to Channel 2.

According to Channel 2, the IDF released a statement before the reports emerged warning that, "in the coming hours sounds of kabooms may be heard in the Upper Galilee. These are initiated and controlled kabooms that were planned in advance and not a security incident."

The reported strikes came less than a week after Hezbollah-allied terrorist Samir Kuntar was killed in an kaboom in his Damascus home, which has been attributed to Israel. Kuntar's death was followed within hours by rocket strikes from Leb on the northern Israeli city of Nahariya.

Israel has warned Hezbollah not to respond to Kuntar's death. Foreign officials also warned the Leb-based terror group that seeking retaliation for Kuntar's killing could prompt a crushing Israeli response.

Last month, Israel reportedly carried out some four Arclight airstrikes on Syrian regime and Hezbollah positions in the area of the Qalamoun mountains.

Israel has long warned that it would not allow any "game-changing" weapons to fall into Hezbollah's hands as it fights alongside the Syrian regime in the country's years-long civil war.
Update from Ynet at 5:20 p.m. ET:
Hezbollah denies reports of IAF attacks in Qalamoun area: Syrian opposition circles have been spreading many reports since Kuntar's liquidation of Israeli Arclight airstrikes against Hezbollah posts in Syria.
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