Defense Minister Israel Katz articulated this strategy during his visit to the Haifa Naval Base, where he praised the Navy’s success in dismantling the Syrian fleet. Katz issued a stark warning to leaders in Syria, vowing that “anyone who follows Assad’s path will end up like Assad.”

Footage released by the IDF shows the destruction from Israeli airstrikes on Syria. The IDF said they have conducted about 480 strikes across Syria over two days. This comes a days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime as “a historic day in the history of the Middle East.