Israeli security forces examine the remains of an F-16 Israeli war plane near the Israeli village of Harduf, Israel February 10, 2018. ""We sent a strong blow to Iranian and Syrian forces on Saturday,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Sunday at the start of his weekly cabinet meeting. "We have made it clear to everyone that our rules of engagement will not change in any way, we will continue to hit anyone who tries to hit us," Netanyahu said.The Minister of Intelligence Israel Katz stressed that the Jewish state "will not accept the Iranian military presence in Syria. "Reports of an Iranian drones flying over Israel and Iran's involvement in an attack on an Israeli fighter are very ridiculous," state television quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasimi as saying. "Iran only provides military advice to Syria.”The Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Brigadier General Hussein Salami threatened that Iran would be able to destroy all American military bases in the region and Israel, stressing that Tehran would continue to develop its military capabilities.

Source: Egypt Today February 12, 2018 14:15 UTC