The IDF yesterday deployed two Iron Dome batteries in the north, one near Haifa and the other near Safed, as tensions along the Lebanese border have risen.
Today, Lebanon's National News Agency stated, "Israeli occupation army raised the degree of mobilization of its troops along the Lebanese southern border, in the wake of the raid by Israeli warplanes at dawn on targets inside Syria, a thing which was met by increased security measures by the Lebanese army and UNIFIL, in anticipation of any military developments."
At the inauguration of a new interchange at the northern end of the Begin Highway in Jerusalem today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not comment on the situation in Syria. At the ceremony of the interchange, named for his late father, Netanyahu said, "He taught me about the enormous responsibility that we have to ensure the security of the State of Israel and build up its future. This heritage needs to unite us all every day and so it does."
Iran's "Fars News Agency" quotes Iran's foreign minister as calling for the region's countries to unite against Israel, although he did not threaten retaliation for alleged Israeli airstrikes in Syria in the past few days.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on May 5, 2013
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