“Syria is Gaza on steroids, and that is the next war, with absolute certainty”, said Amichai Chikli Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister. “There is no avoiding it.”
The remarks are not the first time Chikli has openly threatened war against Damascus. In June, he said Israel would wage war on Syria “sooner or later”, claiming that Syria and Turkiye posed a greater challenge to Israel than Iran. “We will wage war on Syria, sooner or later, because it and Turkiye are far more worrying than Iran,” Chikli said at the time.
My best of luck to the Turks in obtaining nuclear weapons before Israel decides it can carpet bomb them.
Edit. I’m being sincere. I don’t think Israel can win against another nuclear power. Plus, I’ve heard that the Turks have an impressive drone program.
They’re in a defense pact with Pakistan and Pakistan already has nukes that can reach Israel, nuke sharing should be possible.
Also Turkey has a decent airforce that operates on NATO standards with slightly more aircraft than Israel. Not quite as good aircraft but they’re hoping to change that by getting the F-35 which Israel is staunchly opposing since that would both erode their air advantage and get some Israeli technology used to make it in Turkish hands. Anyway regardless Turkey is not a place that Israel can bomb with impunity with no real threat to the bombers like for Syria.