Israel threatens to destroy Syria’s air defence systems ‘without the slightest hesitation’

Israel’s defence minister has threatened to destroy Syria’s air defence systems if they are used to target Israeli fighter jets again.

Syria fired three missiles at Israeli warplanes as they struck several targets in the most serious military exchange between the two hostile neighbours

The Israeli military said it shot down one of several anti-aircraft rockets fired at its warplanes by Syria last week in the most serious military exchange between the two hostile neighbours.

Air force officials said four Israeli jets on a mission to destroy a weapons convoy destined for Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah were attacked by three Syrian surface-to-air missiles, one of which was intercepted by the Israeli Aerial Defence System known as “Arrow.”

“The next time the Syrians use their air defence systems against our planes we will destroy them without the slightest hesitation,” Avigdor Lieberman said in remarks broadcast on Israeli public radio.

Source: Israel threatens to destroy Syria’s air defence systems ‘without the slightest hesitation’ | The Independent