Israel Warn ‘No Ceasefire’ Until Assad Is Removed From Power

Wednesday, July 5, 2017
By Paul Martin

Sean Adl-Tabatabai
YourNewsWire.com
July 5, 2017

Israel has warned that they will not agree to a ceasefire agreement with Syria until President Bashar al-Assad is forcibly removed from power.

Israeli Defensive Minister Avigdor Liberman warned Syria on Sunday that Israel’s patience was running out after mortars from unknown sources struck Israel over the past week.

Jpost.com reports: “We have no intention of entering any conflict, but I advise our neighbors not to test us,” Liberman told military journalists during a briefing at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv.

A number of projectiles have landed in Israeli territory due to intensified fighting on the Syrian side of Quneitra as Bashar Assad’s regime fights the al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other rebels groups. The offensive was launched by rebels in a bid to take control of the city of al-Baath (new Quneitra), which is one of the few towns in the province that has remained under control of Syrian-government forces.

“We will not tolerate any spillover into our territory,” Liberman said, stressing that the message sent by the IDF in the retaliatory strikes as been “clearly understood” by those across the border.

Although Liberman stated that he did not see any chance for escalation on the border, the smallest incident or miscalculation by either side can lead to conflict, he said, referring to incidents that led to the outbreak both Operation Protective Edge and the Second Lebanon War.

On Friday, a senior IDF official stated that “the IDF is acting proportionally to prevent any deterioration” and has retaliated against Assad-regime positions after the projectiles struck the Ramat Hagolan area.

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