Israel will rigorously research the potential for supplying Ukraine with defensive weapons, together with the Iron Dome air protection system, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has mentioned. He added that his nation doesn’t need a confrontation with Russia in Syria.

“I’m going to look into it. However I’ll decide it in one of the best ways that [I] can,” Netanyahu instructed the French information channel LCI on Saturday. He acknowledged that Israel would study the problem “in mild of our nationwide curiosity.”

The PM defined that Israeli and Russian warplanes “fly inside spitting distance over the skies of Syria.”

We’re not keen on having a navy confrontation between Israel and Russia. I don’t assume that can serve anybody’s function. To date, we’ve averted it.

The Israeli Air Drive makes use of Syrian airspace to “destroy Iran’s navy positions which are aimed in opposition to us,” Netanyahu mentioned. “So we’ve got a consideration, maybe, that different nations don’t. However we assist Ukraine in lots of different methods.”

In contrast to many Western nations, Israel has so far not despatched weapons to Ukraine and has solely provided Kiev with protecting gear, equivalent to gasoline masks, flak jackets, and helmets. The nation has additionally supplied humanitarian assist, together with armored ambulances. Israel additionally has not imposed sanctions on Russia.

Russian Overseas Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reiterated this week that the movement of overseas weapons would solely escalate the battle. “We are going to view these weapons as respectable targets for the Russian Armed Forces,” she mentioned.

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