Avigdor Lieberman
The Israeli defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has threatened to destroy Syrian air defenses if they will again be applied against the country’s air force. On Sunday, March 19, according to the radio station Reshet Bet, the ether was quoted by TASS.
“If the next time the Syrian air defense system is attacking Israeli planes, it will be destroyed in this matter there will be no compromise,” said Lieberman, speaking to new recruits of the armored troops on a military base.
The Minister added that the possible arms shipments from Syria to Lebanon — one of the main problems of Israel. Therefore, the country does not intend to intervene in the Syrian civil war, however, should be to stop the transfer of arms.
March 17, the Israeli air force during the attack on targets in Syria were fired on by antiaircraft missiles. The Prime Minister of the Jewish state Benjamin Netanyahu said that the RAID was undertaken “to prevent advanced weapons falling in the hands of the Lebanese movement “Hezbollah””.