Israel Bombs Syrian Airbase to Stop Turkey — And Trump’s Envoy Calls It an “Unnecessary Escalation”

<p>Israel recently did something that represents one of the most important national-security shifts since October 7.Early Tuesday morning, Israeli jets struck the Abu al-Duhur airbase in northwestern Syria, damaging the runway and storage facilities. The reason was simple: Israel had intelligence that Syria was preparing to allow Turkish forces to deploy there. Israel warned Syria repeatedly. Syria ignored the warnings. So Israel acted — before Turkey could establish drones, aircraft, weapons, or air defenses on that base.Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office said Israel will not tolerate threats to its security. Netanyahu’s message to Turkey was even shorter: “Don’t.”This is huge not because Israel bombed another site in Syria. It is huge because of <strong>when</strong> Israel acted. Israel did not wait for the threat to become entrenched. Compare that to 2023, when Hezbollah erected armed tents along the northern border and Israel spent months pursuing diplomacy, afraid of escalation and international condemnation. That “avoid escalation, buy quiet” doctrine helped produce October 7.The strategic map is changing. Iran’s Shiite axis has been badly weakened. Hezbollah is degraded. Assad is gone. But jihad did not disappear. Under Erdoğan, Sunni Turkey is filling the vacuum — NATO’s second-largest military, a major drone power, a political patron of Hamas, and a backer of Syria’s new jihadi-linked government. Israel cannot watch that power creep toward the northern frontier and ask later how it happened.U.S. envoy Tom Barrack called the strike an “unnecessary escalation.” Israel should coordinate with America. It cannot outsource its survival to diplomats whose priority is avoiding friction with Ankara. Real deterrence is not saying you don’t want war. It is making the cost of threatening Israel so clear that the enemy decides it is not worth it.Preempting a threat may bring condemnation today. Allowing it to grow brings funerals tomorrow. May we never return to the fearful Israel of October 6.Am Yisrael Chai.Join Our Whatsapp Channel:<a href="https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv"><u> https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv</u></a></p><p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/AviAbelow"><u>https://x.com/AviAbelow</u></a></p><p>Join our Telegram Channel: <a href="https://t.me/aviabelowpulse"><u>https://t.me/aviabelowpulse</u></a></p><p>Follow us on Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/pulse_of_israel/?hl=en"><u> https://www.instagram.com/pulse_of_israel/?hl=en</u></a></p><p>Pulse of Israel on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVideoNetwork"><u>https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVideoNetwork</u></a></p><p>Visit Our Website - <a href="https://pulseofisrael.com/"><u>https://pulseofisrael.com/</u></a></p><p>Donate to Pulse of Israel: <a href="https://pulseofisrael.com/boost-this-video/"><u>https://pulseofisrael.com/boost-this-video/</u></a></p><p><br></p>