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Israel Sends a Message to Tehran, Damascus and Moscow
(Ynet News) Ron Ben-Yishai - The IDF airstrikes in Syria last week were a direct response to the four Iranian-made heavy rockets fired at Israel on Tuesday. The rockets were launched from south of Damascus by a Syrian Shi'ite militia from an area where Russian President Putin promised Prime Minister Netanyahu there would be no Iranians nor Shi'ite militias operating. Had the rockets not been intercepted, they could have caused civilian casualties and great damage. The Israeli counterattack was intended to serve as a warning to the Iranians and their proxies operating in Syria, Syrian President Bashar Assad, and the Kremlin, who did not meet their commitment to Israel to ward off the Iranians and their proxies from the Israeli border. The message for the Iranians is that Israel won't hold back, and will not be deterred from engaging in a large-scale campaign if Iran continues to establish a front against it in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.