The USS Porter firing a Tomahawk missile at a Syrian military airfield in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Ford Williams-U.S. Navy-Getty Images) News Israel Israeli military officials: US gave 2-hour warning before striking Syria Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By JTA | April 20, 2017 The United States gave Israel two hours warning before it fired on a Syrian airbase from which a chemical attack had been launched on Syrian civilians the day before, according to Israeli military officials. Senior Israeli military officials also told reporters at a briefing Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad still has up to three tons of chemical weapons, despite agreeing to eliminate his country’s stocks of chemical weapons in 2013, the Associated Press reported. Assad has denied responsibility for the April 4 attack on Idlib, an area in southern Syria held by rebels in the country’s six-year civil war. At least 90 civilians were killed in the attack using sarin gas. Israel has remained on the sidelines of the civil war, though it has treated Syrian injured, both government troops and rebels, on the border and responded when rocket and artillery fire from the fighting has landed on Israel’s side of the Golan Heights. In the wake of the attack, Israeli lawmakers from the right and left called for the international community to get involved in Syria’s civil war. JTA Content distributed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency news service. Also On J. Editorial No excuse for US inaction on Syria Analysis Israelis happy about Syria strike? Israel Israel attacks dozens of military targets in Syria Israel Israeli airstrikes on Iranian targets in Syria kill 23, watchdog group says Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up