Israeli raid on Syria produces many questions

This article is worth reading, but it answers few of the questions it raises.

Was Israeli raid a dry run for attack on Iran? | World | The Observer:
"They were sketchy, but one thing was absolutely clear. Far from being a minor incursion, the Israeli overflight of Syrian airspace through its ally, Turkey, was a far more major affair involving as many as eight aircraft, including Israel's most ultra-modern F-15s and F-16s equipped with Maverick missiles and 500lb bombs. Flying among the Israeli fighters at great height, The Observer can reveal, was an ELINT - an electronic intelligence gathering aircraft."

Fundamentally, Israel has a right to exist (guaranteed by the UN even!) and an obligation to protects it's citizens & residents. Being very unpopular in a very hostile part of the world has forced Israel to become better at many things than most countries. Based on their very good intelligence, they attacked something that the Syrians haven't said much about. I suspect that when the true fact are known, once again most people in the West will support Israel's actions.

Here is another artcile about the raid:

Israelis ‘blew apart Syrian nuclear cache’ - Times Online:
"IT was just after midnight when the 69th Squadron of Israeli F15Is crossed the Syrian coast-line. On the ground, Syria’s formidable air defences went dead. An audacious raid on a Syrian target 50 miles from the Iraqi border was under way. At a rendezvous point on the ground, a Shaldag air force commando team was waiting to direct their laser beams at the target for the approaching jets. The team had arrived a day earlier, taking up position near a large underground depot. Soon the bunkers were in flames."