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Did Israel bomb Syria?

Updated on 17 September 2007

By Channel 4 News

Israel bomb a Syrian bomb factory - but doesn't want anyone to talk about it. More4 News asks if it was a test run for Iran or just a rumour?

Two weeks ago Israeli jets reportedly snuck over the border and bombed a Syrian bomb factory. The rumour mill swung into overdrive - Were they razing a Hezbollah arms cache?

Or was it a secret nuclear plant? And was the raid a dry run for Iran?

The Israelis are keeping quiet - in fact putting a gag on the press there - but More4 News's David Fuller has been drawing together the strands of the story. Here's his report.

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