Netanyahu welcomes Syria truce but hints Israel could attack if threatened
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the cessation of hostilities in neighboring Syria but hinted on Sunday it could still launch attacks there if it saw a threat.
"We welcome the efforts to achieve a stable, long-term and real ceasefire in Syria. Anything that stops the terrible slaughter there is important, first and foremost from a humanitarian standpoint," he told his cabinet.
"But at the same time it is important that it be clear: Any arrangement in Syria has to include a cessation of Iranian belligerence toward Israel from Syrian territory," he added.
Israel has also said it has returned fire when shot at across the Golan Heights frontier, where it worries Hezbollah is active.
"We will not agree to the supply of advanced weaponry to Hezbollah, from Syria to Lebanon. We will not agree to the creation of a second terrorist front on the Golan," Netanyahu said. "These are the red lines that we set out and they remain the red lines of the State of Israel."
