NETANYAHU: ISRAEL ACTING AGAINST IRANIAN ENTRENCHMENT IN SYRIA
NETANYAHU: ISRAEL ACTING AGAINST IRANIAN ENTRENCHMENT IN SYRIA
Hours after attack near Damascus Netanyahu said Israel acting against Iranian entrenchment in Syria ‘during these days’.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu broadly hinted at Israeli responsibility for air attacks against Iranian targets near Damascus, telling air force cadets on Wednesday that Israel is acting against Iranian entrenchment in Syria “continuously and with firmness, including during the current period.”
“Defending the homeland starts with eradicating major hostile threats,” he said. “We are not willing to accept an Iranian entrenchment in Syria that is directed against us.”
Netanyahu said that Israel would not be deterred from taking the actions it feels necessary to defend itself, adding that US President Donald Trump’s decision to remove American troops from Syria “does not change our policies – we will maintain our redlines in Syria and everywhere else.”
Speaking at a graduation course for new pilots at the Hatzerim Air Force Base, Netanyahu noted that he recently visited the plants of the Israel Aerospace Industries and saw the development of “special capabilities that no other country in the region has, and some of which – I am telling you – no other country in the world has.”
This, he said, includes, “weapons systems, defensive systems, and attack missiles that can reach everywhere and every target.”
Netanyahu said that there has never been air activity in the history of the Middle East like there is now. “Aircraft go up and come down, take off and land, and reach arenas both near and far – very far.” He did not elaborate.
Netanyahu said that as part of Israel’s effort to thwart threats against it, “Operation Northern Shield” to destroy Hezbollah attack tunnels is continuing.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
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