“We are not seeking escalation or war with either Turkey or Syria. But a red line was crossed," Israel's envoy to the US Yechiel Leiter told the Post.

Rhetoric is one thing. Action is another. The bombing of Syria is not entirely new. Israel carried out thousands of airstrikes before the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.

“We are not seeking escalation or war with either Turkey or Syria. But a red line was crossed," Israel's envoy to the US Yechiel Leiter told the Post.