Hinting at Damascus strike, Gallant says Israel will act ‘everywhere, every day’ against enemies

By Emanuel Fabian

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2 April 2024, 12:59 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting, April 2, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Hinting at a strike on Damascus yesterday, in which seven officials of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps including the top commander in Syria were killed, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says Israel’s goal is to “act everywhere, every day to prevent the force build-up of our enemies.”

“We are in a multi-front war, in the offense and defense. We see evidence of this every day, including in recent days,” he says at a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

Gallant says Israel is also working “to make it clear to everyone who acts against us, all over the Middle East, that the price for acting against Israel will be a heavy price.”