it is israel's second attack against syria this year. conner powell live from our jerusalem bureau with more. conner? >> arthel, in recent weeks and months, israel has beefed up its military presence along its syrian border and its intelligence gathering capabilities there in large part to keep an eye on transfers of weapons like this reported transfer this past week. according to israeli officials, the air strike took place late thursday night, early friday morning. israeli officials say their jets hit a shipment of long-range ground to ground missiles. that if hezbollah were to get their hands on, could inflict significant damage. the target appears to have been a stock pile of conventional, not chemical, weapons. though both israel and the united states remain concerned about assad's chemical weapons stock pile and today president obama said the u.s. continues to coordinate closely with israel on syria, adding that israel has the right to guard against the transfer of advanced weaponry,