Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today, Sunday, that Israel continues to work on the same approach to prevent Iran from being stationed militarily in Syria, this comes at a time when his government has kept its forces in a state of alert on the Syrian-Lebanese border, fearing a possible response from the Lebanese Hezbollah party to the killing of one of its members. In an Israeli bombing in Syria.
Netanyahu explained that the Israeli forces on the northern front are operating according to a consistent policy, stating that Iran should not be allowed to position itself on the northern border.
He added - at the beginning of the weekly session of his government - that Syria and Lebanon bear responsibility for any action launched from their lands against Israel, stressing that the Israeli army is ready to respond to any threat.
He said, "We will not allow destabilizing our security and threatening our citizens. We will not tolerate any harm to our forces, and I am constantly conducting sessions to assess the situation with the Minister of Defense and the Chief of the Army General Staff."
Military reinforcements
Last Thursday, the Israeli army announced the reinforcement of its forces on the northern border, after threats from Hezbollah.
For his part, the Israeli army spokesman for the Arab media, Avikhai Adraei, said on Twitter, "Given the assessment of the situation, it was decided to send an infantry reinforcement to the northern military command."
Earlier, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said at the end of his meeting yesterday with senior leaders of the security and military services that Lebanon and Syria would bear responsibility for any action against Israel that proceeds from their territories.
Gantz instructed his forces to remain on high alert along the borders with Lebanon and the Golan front.
Possible response
This comes in fear of a possible response from the Lebanese Hezbollah movement to the killing of one of its members in an Israeli bombing in Syria.
Hezbollah had mourned Ali Kamel Mohsen, a prominent party leader who hails from southern Lebanon, and Mohsen was killed in an Israeli raid near Damascus airport, which Western intelligence sources said hit a major ammunition depot backed by Iran.
This is the first member of the party to announce his death in an Israeli raid since Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah warned last year that any further death of the party in Syria would be met.
According to Lebanese media sources, the United Nations conveyed a message to Hezbollah through the United Nations saying that it did not intend to kill Ali Kamel Mohsen when it targeted the supposed ammunition depot near Damascus airport.