Al Ahram: To check Hezbullah, Israel threatened Syria

Israel Radio, citing a report in the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, reports that Israel sent a message to Syria at the outbreak of Operation Cast Lead indicating that if Hezbullah attacked Israel, the response would be the destruction of infrastructure in Damascus. As a result, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Hezbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah not to attack Israel during Operation Cast Lead.