Israeli jets made a low-level (and presumably high speed) pass over the summer residence of Bashar Assad, the president of Syria.
Israeli warplanes buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President Bashar Assad early Wednesday, military officials said, in a message aimed at pressuring the Syrian leader to win the release of a captured Israeli soldier.
The officials said on condition of anonymity that the fighter jets flew over Assad's palace in a low-altitude overnight raid near the Mediterranean port city of Latakia in northwestern Syria. Israeli television reports said four planes were involved, and Assad was home at the time.
The flight caused "noise" on the ground, the military officials said on condition of anonymity, according to military guidelines.
The officials said Assad was targeted because of the "direct link" between Syria and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group holding Cpl. Gilad Shalit, 19, in the Gaza Strip. Syria hosts Khaled Meshaal, Hamas' exiled supreme leader.
There was no immediate reaction from Syria.
Apparently, the Israelis have done this before, the last time windows were shattered in the palace. No word on whether Bashar needed to change his underwear.
UPDATE: Mark In Mexico on messages.
It is so funny, that the military of one country invades the airzone of an other sovereign country, and people says it’s a funny thing.
That is the behaviour of an aggressor..
Guess if it was an aircraft flying over the White House, you would not find it funny..
More like an outrage.
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