Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 13, 2019. Ariel Schalit/Pool via REUTERS
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged on Sunday Israel's weekend attack on what he called an Iranian arms cache in Syria, and said it had also completed a hunt for cross-border tunnels dug by Tehran-allied Lebanese Hezbollah fighters.
Long wary of publicity around its operations against Iran-linked targets on its northern front, Israel has lifted the veil in recent days -- a sign of confidence in a campaign waged amid occasional tensions with Syria's big-power backer, Russia.
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