An Israeli official said that a rare IDF airstrike deep into Syrian territory in June was targeting chemical weapons, the Washington Post reported on Monday.
The warplanes fired missiles at three military targets near the cities of Damascus and Homs, killing seven soldiers, on June 8.
The Washington Post reported that according to current and former intelligence and security officials, the strike was a bid to halt what Israel believes was an attempt by Syria to relaunch its chemical weapons program that it had surrendered eight years earlier.
Israel declined to comment on the attack and the reasons behind it, but analysts at the time observed that the military action went deeper into Syria than usual and did not target an Iranian presence in the country.
This is a developing story.
