The Latest: Netanyahu welcomes US attack on Syria base

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The Latest on events in Syria (all times local): 5:50 a.
m.
Israel`s prime minister has welcomed the U.
S.
attack on a Syrian air base saying he "fully supports" President Trump`s decision.
Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday in a statement that "In both word and action" Trump "sent a strong and clear message" that "the use and spread of chemical weapons will not be tolerated.
" Israel`s Channel 2 TV said Israel along with other allies was notified about the U.
S.
strike.
The attacks in neighboring Syria have worried Israel, which has warned against "game-changing" weapons reaching Hezbollah in Lebanon from the country, which supports the militant group.
Last month Israel shot down an anti-aircraft missile fired at its planes as they struck a suspected Hezbollah weapons convoy.
Israel also has treated several thousand Syrians wounded in fighting and provided humanitarian aid to some Syrian communities near the Israeli frontier in the Golan Heights.