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Assad: Rebel fighters in Syria are more dangerous than Israeli air strikes

By JPOST.COM STAFF

AUGUST 24, 2015 22:14

Syrian President Basher Assad responded to Israeli strikes in Syria last week for the first time on Monday.

Israel struck multiple targets connected to the Syrian regime over the weekend, as well as striking a vehicle carrying four members of a terror cell believed to have fired four rockets into Israel on Thursday.

In an interview with Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar television on Monday, Assad said that Syria would not directly strike back at Israel for the attacks, but would hit Israel by fighting with rebels opposing his rule, whom he claimed were the "servants of Israel."

"The real tools that Israel is using, which are more important than the recent attacks, they are the terrorists in Syria," Assad said.

"If we want to deal with Israel, we must first deal with its proxies inside Syria," he added.

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