Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu broadly hinted at Israeli responsibility for air attacks against Iranian targets near Damascus, telling Air Force cadets on Wednesday that Israel is acting against Iranian entrenchment in Syria “continuously and with firmness, including during these days,” JPost reported.

“Defending the homeland starts with eradicating major hostile threats,” he said. “We are not willing to accept an Iranian entrenchment in Syria that is directed against us.”

Netanyahu said that Israel would not be deterred from taking the actions it feels necessary to defend itself, adding that US President Donald Trump's decision to remove American troops from Syria “does not change our policies – we will maintain our red lines in Syria and everywhere else.”

Speaking at a graduation course for new pilots at the Hatzerim Air Force Base, Netanyahu noted that he recently visited the plants of the Israel Aerospace Industries saw the development of “special capabilities that no other country in the region has, and some of which which – I am telling you – no other country in the world has. “

This, he said, includes, “weapons systems, defensive systems, and attack missiles that can reach everywhere and every target.”