According to Agence France-Presse on August 21, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan an “anti-Semitic dictator” on the 21st and stated that Israel would act to deal with “Turkey's attempts to destabilize the region.” According to reports, prior to this statement, Israel launched an air strike on an air base in Idlib province in northwestern Syria on the 18th. The base is only tens of kilometers from the Turkish border. Netanyahu himself hinted that he was responsible for the attack.

According to Agence France-Presse on August 21, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan an “anti-Semitic dictator” on the 21st and stated that Israel would act to deal with “Turkey's attempts to destabilize the region.” According to reports, prior to this statement, Israel launched an air strike on an air base in Idlib province in northwestern Syria on the 18th. The base is only tens of kilometers from the Turkish border. Netanyahu himself hinted that he was responsible for the attack.