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Netanyahu warns new Syrian 'regime' will face same fate as Assad if it threatens Israel

10 December 2024 17:46 GMT

In a video posted on Tuesday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he vows that Syria's new government will face the same fate as the ousted government of Bashar al-Assad, should it threaten Israel. 

"We have no intention of interfering in Syria's internal affairs, but we clearly intend to do what is necessary to ensure our security," Netanyahu said. "In this context, I instructed the Air Force to strike strategic military capabilities left by the Syrian army to prevent them from falling into the hands of jihadists. This is similar to what the British Air Force did when it bombed the Vichy Regime that collaborated with the Nazis to keep it from falling into Nazi hands."

Netanyahu continued: "We want normal relations with the new regime in Syria, but if this regime allows Iran to re-establish itself in Syria, permits the transfer of Iranian or any other weapons to Hezbollah or attacks us, we will respond forcefully and exact a heavy price - and what happened to the previous regime will happen to this one too."