Is Israel Expecting A Syrian Counter-Attack?

The attack on Syria's nuclear material was back on September 6, but Israel may still be prepared for a Syrian counter-attack on the nuclear facility in Dimona:

THE defensive missile shield around Israel’s Dimona nuclear reactor was placed on red alert 30 times last week amid fears of an airstrike by Syria.

A battery of American-made Patriot antiaircraft missiles has been moved to Dimona in the Negev desert following intelligence that a strike may be launched in retaliation for Israel’s bombing of a suspected nuclear site in Syria two months ago.

...Tension is mounting in Israel. “Every civilian aircraft en route from Cairo to Amman, or from Jeddah to Cairo and vice versa, which deviates even slightly from its route, sets off an alarm and risks a missile being fired,” said the female commander of the Patriot battery.

All this comes from the Sunday Times--which means the story, especially the last paragraph, should be taken with a grain of salt.

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