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Syria says all options available for retaliation against Israeli attacks

Xinhua, January 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

Syria's Minister of National Reconciliation Ali Haidar said Monday the truce with Israel has fallen and all options are opened to confront any Israeli aggression.

A day earlier, an Israeli helicopter on Sunday fired two rockets from the Israel-occupied Golan Heights toward a southern Syrian town, killing five Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, including senior commanders of the military group, according to local press.

"It's not the first attack, there have been several attacks, taking advantage of the current circumstances in Syria. but since the first attack we said that the truce with Israel has fallen and all the of the options have become opened," Haidar told reporters Monday.

Explaining what could be the reason behind the attack, the minister said they could have come in response to the speech made recently by Hezbollah leaders Sheikh Hasan Nasrallah, during which the Shiite leader said that his group is strong and capable of confronting Israel.

He said that any Israeli aggression on Syrian targets would be considered as "targeting the resistance axis" (the allies of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah) and retaliation could happen at any time.

The minister further said that his country will not only confront the Israeli aggressions but "will also move further toward liberating the Israeli occupied land." Endit