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Israel claims Syria air strike, says hunt for Hezbollah tunnels over

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Israel claims Syria air strike, says hunt for Hezbollah tunnels overLong wary of publicity around its operations against Iran-linked targets on its northern front, Israel has lifted the veil in recent days — a sign of confidence in a campaign waged amid occasional tensions with Syria’s big-power backer, Russia. “We have been taking action with impressive success to arrest Iran’s military entrenchment in Syria,” Netanyahu told his cabinet in televised remarks. Last week, an observer in Netanyahu’s security cabinet, Tzachi Hanegbi, told a local TV station there had been “more than 220” Israeli operations against Iranian targets in Syria.