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<p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="t18B" valign="top" colspan="2">IAF warplanes buzz palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img height="3" src="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/images/0.gif" width="10" border="0" alt=""/></td></tr><tr><td class="t11B" valign="top" colspan="2">By <a class="tUbl2" href="mailto:yuvaly@haaretz.co.il">Yuval Yoaz</a>, Haaaretz Correspondent, and the Associated Press</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img height="5" src="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/images/0.gif" width="10" border="0" alt=""/></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p lang="en"><span class="t13">Israel Air Force warplanes predawn Wednesday carried out a low-altitude flight over the palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Mediterranean port city of Latakia in northwestern Syria. <br/><br/>Channel 2 TV reported that the aircrafts caused sonic booms when passing over the palace.<br/><br/>Assad is believed to have been staying in the palace at the time of the flyover. <br/><br/></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><img height="10" src="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/images/0.gif" width="1" border="0" alt=""/></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><img height="10" src="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/images/0.gif" width="3" border="0" alt=""/></td><td class="t9">Advertisement</td></tr><tr><td align="right"><iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://dclk.themarker.com/html.ng/site=Haaretz_Eng&amp;adsize=300x250eng&amp;hposition=99&amp;hlayer1=&amp;HaaretzCatgory=&amp;hlang=ENG" frameborder="0" width="300" scrolling="no" height="250" bordercolor="000000"></iframe></td></tr></tbody></table><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><span class="t13">State-run Syrian television said two Israeli planes flew near Syria's Mediterranean coast early Wednesday but did not mention Israel's announcement that the planes swooped low over Assad's summer residence.<br/><br/>"The overflight by two Israeli planes near the Syrian shores is an aggressive act and a provocation," the television news said, quoting an unindentified Information Ministry official.<br/><br/>Anti-aircraft guns opened fire long after the aircrafts left Syrian airspace. However, Syria said "national air defenses opened fire in the direction of the planes, and they dispersed."<br/><br/>The Israel Defense Forces went on high alert along the northern border in the wake of the IAF flight, Channel 10 TV reported Wednesday evening.<br/><br/>Senior government figures approved the move a few days ago in order to signal to the Syrian President that Israel in not oblivious to his sponsorship of Hamas' Damascus-based leader Khaled Meshal.<br/><br/>Military officials said Assad was targeted because of the "direct link" between Syria and Hamas.<br/><br/>Later on Wednesday Justice Minister Haim Ramon said Meshal is a target for assassination in light of his direct involvement in anti-Israeli terror. <br/><br/>Israel considers Meshal to be directly responsible for the abduction of IDF soldier <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/730994.html"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Gilad Shalit</u></font></a> in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. <br/><br/>In October 2003, IAF warplanes bombed an Islamic Jihad training base deep in Syria. It was the first attack on Syrian soil in more than two decades. The airstrike followed a suicide bombing by Islamic Jihad that killed 19 Israelis in a restaurant.<br/></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="t18B" valign="top" colspan="2">IAF warplanes buzz palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img height="3" src="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/images/0.gif" width="10" border="0" alt=""/></td></tr><tr><td class="t11B" valign="top" colspan="2">By <a class="tUbl2" href="mailto:yuvaly@haaretz.co.il">Yuval Yoaz</a>, Haaaretz Correspondent, and the Associated Press</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img height="5" src="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/images/0.gif" width="10" border="0" alt=""/></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p lang="en"><span class="t13">Israel Air Force warplanes predawn Wednesday carried out a low-altitude flight over the palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Mediterranean port city of Latakia in northwestern Syria. <br/><br/>Channel 2 TV reported that the aircrafts caused sonic booms when passing over the palace.<br/><br/>Assad is believed to have been staying in the palace at the time of the flyover. <br/><br/></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><img height="10" src="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/images/0.gif" width="1" border="0" alt=""/></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><img height="10" src="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/images/0.gif" width="3" border="0" alt=""/></td><td class="t9">Advertisement</td></tr><tr><td align="right"><iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://dclk.themarker.com/html.ng/site=Haaretz_Eng&amp;adsize=300x250eng&amp;hposition=99&amp;hlayer1=&amp;HaaretzCatgory=&amp;hlang=ENG" frameborder="0" width="300" scrolling="no" height="250" bordercolor="000000"></iframe></td></tr></tbody></table><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><span class="t13">State-run Syrian television said two Israeli planes flew near Syria's Mediterranean coast early Wednesday but did not mention Israel's announcement that the planes swooped low over Assad's summer residence.<br/><br/>"The overflight by two Israeli planes near the Syrian shores is an aggressive act and a provocation," the television news said, quoting an unindentified Information Ministry official.<br/><br/>Anti-aircraft guns opened fire long after the aircrafts left Syrian airspace. However, Syria said "national air defenses opened fire in the direction of the planes, and they dispersed."<br/><br/>The Israel Defense Forces went on high alert along the northern border in the wake of the IAF flight, Channel 10 TV reported Wednesday evening.<br/><br/>Senior government figures approved the move a few days ago in order to signal to the Syrian President that Israel in not oblivious to his sponsorship of Hamas' Damascus-based leader Khaled Meshal.<br/><br/>Military officials said Assad was targeted because of the "direct link" between Syria and Hamas.<br/><br/>Later on Wednesday Justice Minister Haim Ramon said Meshal is a target for assassination in light of his direct involvement in anti-Israeli terror. <br/><br/>Israel considers Meshal to be directly responsible for the abduction of IDF soldier <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/730994.html"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Gilad Shalit</u></font></a> in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. <br/><br/>In October 2003, IAF warplanes bombed an Islamic Jihad training base deep in Syria. It was the first attack on Syrian soil in more than two decades. The airstrike followed a suicide bombing by Islamic Jihad that killed 19 Israelis in a restaurant.<br/></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p>