- (AFP) -- The Israeli army's chief of staff General Moshe
Yaalon has hinted that more action could be directed against Syria if it
"ignores the message" of last month's air strike near Damascus,
public radio reported Monday.
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- "If Syria continues to ignore the messages that
Israel and other countries have sent it, it may be necessary to send further
messages of a different nature," Yaalon was quoted as saying during
a speech at Tel Aviv University on Sunday.
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- "As long as the headquarters of terrorist groups
continue to operate out of Syria, Damascus will bear the responsibility
for this."
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- The chief of staff also accused Damascus of allowing
the Hezbollah militia to launch attacks against Israel from neighbouring
Lebanon.
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- Tensions between the two countries were stoked by an
October 5 Israeli air raid on a site close to Damascus which Israel said
was being used as a training camp for Palestinian armed groups, an accusation
strongly denied by Syria.
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- The Israeli army announced last Thursday that it had
held large-scale maoeuvres on its borders with Lebanon and Syria as part
of preparations for "a military escalation on the northern front".
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- Syrian Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara warned on October
26 that Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights could be attacked if Israel
launches another attack on its territory.
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