Erdan: Iran now understands the IDF's capabilities

Erdan continues: “I think the Iranians now understand the IDF’s capabilities, its intelligence abilities, our capacity to strike both Iranian [forces] and the Syrian. If they look more carefully [at the situation], they’ll understand that we can hit them even more dramatically.”

Israel’s insistence on preventing Iranian entrenchment in Syria is critical for the country’s security, Erdan says.

“It’s better to manage a calculated risk now, with the potential for [war], than to deal with this in a few years, when we may find ourselves facing a possibly existential threat directed toward us from Syria.”