BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Syria’s Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi says checks are underway to verify reports of an Israeli airstrike on the country.

An Israeli official says the attack took place after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet approved it at a secret meeting Thursday.

A Syrian rebel says three strikes by Israeli F-16 jets damaged a convoy carrying anti-aircraft missiles heading to the Shi’ite Lebanese party Hezbollah along the Damascus-Beirut military road.

Earlier reports quoted two unnamed US officials as saying that Israel’s warplanes launched the attack, but did not enter Syrian airspace. The Israeli air force reportedly has so-called "standoff" bombs that coast dozens of kilometers across ground to their targets once fired. That could, in theory, allow Israel to attack Syria from its own turf or from adjacent Lebanon.

Israel has clearly warned that to prevent advanced weapons of Syria from falling into the hands of Lebanese terrorists, it would resort to violence.

(Source: CNTV.cn)