Sky News Headline; says: 'Israel is bracing itself for reprisals after reportedly attacking Syria in a daring air and ground assault. Reports claim Israel targeted a nuclear facility hidden in the Syrian desert.It is thought it may have been acting on intelligence that North Korea was shipping nuclear weapons facilities to help Syria build the bomb.North Korea has denied allegations that it may be helping Syria.
The details of the raids are a closely guarded secret. Israel has enforced strict censorship rules on its media and banned even the most senior officials from discussing the raid.
But a picture is emerging through briefings by American government officials and other sources. On September 3, reports claim, Israeli intelligence picked up a North Korean ship unloading nuclear materials at the Syrian port of Tartous. It's thought that then Israeli ground forces were sent into north eastern Syria to target a site believed to be a nuclear facility. Twenty four hours later Israeli jets reportedly entered Syrian airspace at supersonic speed, before bombing and destroying the facility.
"Israel is beginning to find itself surrounded by enemies that are pursuing nuclear power," says The Jerusalem Post's defence analyst Yaacov Katz , "and if this strike is preventing Syria from obtaining that power then this is a big deal."
