By Abdelraouf Arnaout
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General, Gadi Eisenkot has described the situation in the Gaza Strip as “very explosive “.
“The situation there [Gaza Strip] is very explosive,” Eisenkot told the Israeli Broadcast Authority.
“Israel is also ready for the possibility of escalation, but it has done everything possible to prevent it [the escalation], ” he added.
The army chief said the military destroyed 18 tunnels that posed a threat to Israeli communities in the outskirts of Gaza Strip.
Speaking about the situation in war-torn Syria, Eisenkot said that 400 rockets “were fired at Israeli warplanes in Syria, during the past two years and downed one Israeli aircraft. ”
Regarding the situation in Syria, he said 400 rockets were fired at Israeli warplanes in Syria during the past two years.
“Unfortunately, in one case, an F-16 was hit but the pilots landed safely, ” he said.
Eisenkot pointed out that freedom of operating in Syria “became more complicated after the Syrian regime took over most of the country's territory. ”
“We have intensified our efforts to thwart Hezbollah's attempts to achieve its objectives, which means that the party is now unable to target sites in Israel, ” he said.