Unconfirmed report: IDF recently struck chemical weapons cache in Syria

Channel 12 reports that the IDF recently struck a Syrian chemical weapons cache.

The network cites “foreign reports,” though no such reports appear to exist, indicating that the citation is a tactic by the network to get around Israel’s military censor.

Earlier this week, Haaretz reported that the Israeli military fears that amid the Syrian rebel assault and their taking over of military sites belonging to the Assad regime in the country, chemical weapons could fall into the wrong hands.

If such weapons fall into the hands of the rebels or Iranian militias, Israel would have to act in a way that “may affect Syria and the entire Middle East,” according to Haaretz.

The report adds that Israel recently conveyed messages to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, via Russia, demanding that he “uphold his sovereignty and not allow Iran to operate in his territory.