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Defebse Minister Avigdor Liberman threatened on Sunday that Israel “will not hesitate” to destroy Syria’s air defense systems if Israeli fighter jets are ever targeted again.
“You have to understand the context, if we strike there is a real reason for it,” he said while visiting the IDF induction center.
“We have no interest in intervening in the civil war in Syria, either in favor or against [President Bashar] Assad," he said. "We do not want to clash with the Russians. Our main issue is with the transfer of advanced weaponry from Syria to Lebanon and so whenever we detect an attempt to smuggle weapons, we will act to prevent it. We will not compromise on this issue.”
Liberman warned that there will be “no compromise” on the transfer of weapons to Hezbollah and if air-defense systems are used again by the Syrian regime against IAF jets, as they were on Friday, Israel will “destroy them. We will not hesitate. Israel’s security is paramount and above everything else. There will be no compromise.”
'Israel will not hesitate to destroy Syrian air defenses'
This is a message to Syria and Iran that they should not feel secure because of the Russian technology they have purchased of because they currently have good relations with Russia.
“You have to understand the context, if we strike there is a real reason for it,” he said while visiting the IDF induction center.
“We have no interest in intervening in the civil war in Syria, either in favor or against [President Bashar] Assad," he said. "We do not want to clash with the Russians. Our main issue is with the transfer of advanced weaponry from Syria to Lebanon and so whenever we detect an attempt to smuggle weapons, we will act to prevent it. We will not compromise on this issue.”
Liberman warned that there will be “no compromise” on the transfer of weapons to Hezbollah and if air-defense systems are used again by the Syrian regime against IAF jets, as they were on Friday, Israel will “destroy them. We will not hesitate. Israel’s security is paramount and above everything else. There will be no compromise.”
'Israel will not hesitate to destroy Syrian air defenses'
This is a message to Syria and Iran that they should not feel secure because of the Russian technology they have purchased of because they currently have good relations with Russia.