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Obama: Israel Justified in Protecting Itself Against Arms Shipments to Hezbollah

   by VOA News

   U.S. President Barack Obama says Israel is justified in protecting
   itself from advanced weapons shipments to terrorist groups like
   Hezbollah.
   In an interview Saturday with the Spanish-language network Telemundo,
   Obama did not directly comment on reports of an Israeli airstrike
   against a Syrian missile shipment believed bound for Hezbollah.  He
   said he would let Israel "confirm or deny whatever strikes that they
   have taken."
   Anonymous Israeli officials say Israel struck a missile shipment
   believed headed for the Lebanese-based militant group late Thursday.
   The officials say chemical weapons were not the target.  The Israeli
   government has not confirmed the report.
   U.S. officials say the target appeared to be a warehouse.  There is no
   sign Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace.
   Hezbollah is allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.  The
   militant group, supported by Iran, waged a brief war with Israel in
   2006.  This would be the second time Israel has conducted airstrikes
   against Syria this year.  Israel said it attacked a weapons convoy in
   Syria believed headed for Hezbollah in January.


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