A loud explosion hit close to the Damascus International Airport in Syria Thursday, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman declared to Israeli media "The next time the Syrians use their air defense systems against our planes we will destroy them without the slightest hesitation".
Damascus International Airport is reportedly a major conduit of Iranian arms bound for Hezbollah in Syria. Initial reports said the explosion was the result of an Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah supply hub.
In Israel, Minister of Intelligence and Transportation Israel Katz declined to say whether his country carried out the strike.
"We are acting to prevent the transfer of sophisticated weapons from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon by Iran", Katz told army radio. As per the media of Israel, they were storing weapons for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
On January 13, Syria accused Israel of bombing Mazzeh air base in the western suburbs of the capital.
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The Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar news network reported that damage was caused to weapons and fuel depots belonging to Assad regime forces and Iranian-linked militia.
The airport lies about 25 km (15 miles) south-east of Syria's capital. "We are for respecting the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic and for keeping Syria a politically integral, united and sovereign state", Peskov said. It went to war with Hezbollah in 2006 and the group has grown considerably more powerful since then.
19 December 2015: Suspected Israeli missiles hit Jaramana district of Damascus, killing nine Hezbollah fighters, including leading figure Samir Qantar.
The Syrian source further claimed that the early morning strike near Damascus had been launched from Israel's Golan Heights.
The U.S. has also attacked the Syrian regime directly, but President Trump hasn't signaled a willingness to get more involved.
Israeli analysts suggest that Hezbollah has a stockpile of over 100,000 rockets on Syrian soil.
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