israeli air force did, in fact, cross into syria. the last time that we had reports that the israelis had struck inside of syria was back in january. remember, they struck a weapons convoy that was moving near the lebanese border. but they did not cross into syria at that moment to strike that convoy. that convoy, we re told, was containing sa 17 missiles. those are anti-aircraft missiles that the russians were providing either hezbollah or the syrian regime. but this is new. tonight we are confirming a u.s. official says three war planes did fire on syria overnight. shepard: the israelis are saying, and israeli media are indicating that these planes flew for hours near the capitol. well, it s interesting. this may be a separate incident. but you re correct. tonight out of israel, just 11 hours ago, there were reports in the israeli press that there were several israeli war planes that hovered over the capitol
a couple hundred students got an early start to the weekend because of nice weather. guy to school near seattle or it rains a lot, or is cloudy a lot. the principal wanted to give the kids a chance to enjoy sunny day. parents and the school board approved sun day, because they didn t have any snow days this past winter. update on the top stories tonight. fox news confirms israeli warplanes struck syria overnight. they reportedly dropped bombs on a warehouse containing weapons. the last time the israelis struck inside syria was january targeting a weapons convoy, carrying russian antiaircraft missiles. sources tell fox news the widow of the now dead boston bombing suspect communicated with him after the attack. by way of a phone call and an e-mail. with the suspect s f.b.i. surveillance photo attached. as far as we know, she did not attempt to contact investigators.
f-16s shot it down. dramatic gun sight video they provided. this time the israelis did not let the drone make landfall in israel, shooting it down five miles off the coast of israel in very strategic and important city. that is the city of haifa which has a lot of israel s petrochemical areas there, a lot of refineries there and also just near the israeli offshore natural gas facility. whether this drone was a suicide drone and was going to fly itself into some area there inside southern israel or whether it was on an intelligence-gathering mission is still yet to be seen, martha. you have to look at this in sort of the larger strategic picture here. as iran is playing cards here and puppeteer master, hezbollah is big supporter of president assad in syria. can t forget just a couple months ago it was israelis that attack as syrian weapons convoy with an iranian general on board. back to you, martha. martha: leland, thank you very much. watch that story developing from the middle east
weapons convoy heading to hezbollah and lebanon. syria, of course, denies that there is any type of weapons convoy it is is possible that there was some type of convoy being prepared. that is ultimately what led the israelis to strike is this military research facility that is suspected of being placed where they are building housing. chemical and biological weapons. israel has not publicly confirmed the strike. ehud barak said that israel would take action if they felt it was being ill targeted or if the assad government was moving weapons to lebanon again in some ways sort of essentially confirming the attacks. there are a lot of reports, shannon there are increased israeli jets flying over both lebanon and syria. it is very possible in the coming weeks if assad tries to move weapons we could see another strike conor powell live in jerusalem.
ankara it is the work of a leftist group in that country. what can we say about who is responsible, jennifer? reporter: the working presumption at this point in time is that this is the work of either an al qaeda group or al qaeda-linked group or an iranian proxy group that may have struck the u.s. as a result of the arrival of those patriots or the involvement in syria. remember that the working assumption in the region is that the u.s. may have helped target that weapons convoy that the israeli air force struck just two days ago. so they will be looking at all of these options. sources, intelligence sources that i spoke to though have, are leaning away from the idea that this was a turkish separatist group, the pkk, which has been involved in explosions in turkey in the past. they have never threatened u.s. interests in the past. bill: jennifer, thank you. jennifer griffin, state department, with us. here s martha with more. martha: more context now on extremism in turkey.