Israel has supplied weapons to Syrian rebels - IDF chief Eisenkot   Outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot has, for the first time, acknowledged that Israel provided weaponry to Syrian rebel groups in the Golan Heights during the country’s seven-year civil war. Before ending his tenure as Chief of Staff this week, Eisenkot said to the British Sunday Times that Israel had indeed supplied light weapons to the rebel groups along the border citing it was “for self-defense.” Israel's support for these opposition groups has been reported for years, and the acknowledgement...