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| Defense Minister Ehud Barak |
Israel‘s defence minister indicated Sunday that his country was behind an air strike on Syria that U.S. officials said targeted anti-aircraft weapons bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah; which he refereed to as “proof that when we say something, we mean it."
“We say that we don’t think it [Syria] should be allowed to bring advanced weapons systems into Lebanon,”
It was the first public comment by an Israeli government official on the Wednesday strike. He told top international diplomats and defence officials at a conference Sunday in Germany with top Diplomats and Defence officials from around the world.
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| Damage done to cars and an office after an Israeli air raid |
Barak however, did not bluntly say that Israel had carried out the strike, skirting the issue by saying, “I cannot add anything to what you have read in the newspapers about what happened in Syria several days ago,”
Meanwhile, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed the Israeli government for its alleged airstrike in Syria, saying that "those who treated the Israeli government like a spoiled child should know that history will not forgive the Israeli state."
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| Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan |
Turkish Huriyet Daily News quoted Erdogan as saying, “It is unacceptable to us, it is against every international law.”
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