Speaking today at a conference in Acre, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a rare confirmation of military operations against targets in Syria, confirming that the nation carries out such operations “from time to time.”
Netanyahu confirmed that the operations are meant to prevent weapons from being smuggled from Syria into neighboring Lebanon, and insisted that Israel will continue to carry out such strikes in the future.
Israel not only rarely confirms its attacks inside Syria, it is often unclear when such attacks are actually taking place. The most recent report was only a week ago, with 13 people killed along the border in an apparent attack on a Hezbollah base. Israel never commented on the matter at all.
Israel’s overflights along the Syria-Lebanon border have reportedly at times been limited by Russia’s presence in the area, but the two nations are said to be communicating closely, with Russia allowing Israel to continue its policy of limited, and ambiguous, attacks on targets in Syria.
T he Zionist would not dare to attack Syria not with the S400 waiting for them all that ole talk about limits is just rubbish Russia now controls the ME now
Has the S-400 ever been used in actual combat? Or, to put it a different way, are combatants potentially on its receiving end scared of it because they know what it can do, or are they scared of it because nobody knows what it can do?
Under either situation I would call it effective deterrence.
English translation: Putin has got himself totally bogged down!
We, the US, should apply that logic to our "relationship" with Israel. Every time they spy on us, interfere in our political process, or generally upset us in any way, the US military should strike downtown Tel Aviv or Haifa from time to time.
"Russia allowing Israel to continue …". Since when did Israel ever ask permission to do what it wanted! If Putin is laying down the law to Israel as to what it can and cannot do, I wouldn't bet on Putin lasting very much longer!
Netanyahu is merely trying to stay relevant.