Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has warned Syria
that Israel will destroy its air defense system if Syria fires an anti-aircraft
missile at Israeli aircraft again.
Speaking on Israel public radio Sunday morning, Liberman
said, "The next time the Syrians use their air defense systems against our
airplanes, we will destroy all of them without thinking twice."
His threat comes after Syria fired anti-aircraft missiles at
Israeli military jets overnight Thursday into Friday.
The Syrian military said the jets struck a military site
near Palmyra, while Israel says they targeted a weapons shipment to Iran-backed
Hezbollah. Syria claims their missiles downed one Israeli jet and hit another,
which Israel rejected as "absolutely untrue."
"Our central problem, and this above and beyond all of
the other issues, is the transfer of advanced weapons from Syria to
Lebanon," Liberman said.
"Every time we identify a transfer like this, we will
work to prevent the transfer of game-changing weapons. On this issue there will
not be any compromise," the outspoken Defense Minister added.
Source:CNN
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