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On Jan . 30 Israel staged an airstrike on a weapons convoy in Syria, reportedly destined for Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The Al Qaeda men took possession of a weapons convoy and captured seven soldiers, who were later released.

The next time Israel strikes a weapons convoy, they say, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is much more likely to retaliate, given the recent statements from Damascus.

The previous Iranian general to be reportedly killed in an Israeli strike in Syria was Hassan Shateri on January 30 , 2013 but the intended target of that attack was a weapons convoy heading to Hezbollah.

Also Saturday, reports emerged on the Al Arabiya TV news channel that Israeli aircraft had carried out two strikes Wednesday against Hezbollah targets in the same area; one alleged target was a large weapons convoy headed for the Lebanon-based Shiite militia heavily engaged in fighting alongside Bashar Assad's Syrian regime against rebel forces.

In recent weeks, the focus has been on a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting weapons convoys in Syria bound for Lebanon.

Both parties failed to retaliate against reported Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah-destined weapons convoys in Syria since January, or the testing of a dummy ballistic missile in the Mediterranean on Sept. 3.

But Israelis have largely been disappointed by what they describe as Mr. Obama's indecision — a sharp contrast from their own military secretly striking weapons convoys in Syria that it suspected were bound for Hezbollah several times this year.

Previous airstrikes inside Syria attributed to Israel have reportedly targeted weapons convoys and positions of Hezbollah.

Israel carried out airstrikes early this month against Hezbollah-bound weapons convoys moving through Syria.

Western officials balked at Syrian requests for armored vehicles and other material to help protect the weapons convoys, fearing the equipment would be used to fight U.S.-backed rebels.