"I'm telling you, get out of there fast. We won't stop attacking," the prime minister said on Tuesday morning during a ceremony, in which he appointed Aviv Kochavi as the new chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
Netanyahu also rejected statements by an Iranian official, who said Iran only sent military advisers to Syria and not regular fighting troops.
"They always lie. They are lying with that and they are lying when they say their attempt to launch a satellite into space failed," he said.
Comment: Netanyahu's one to talk. Israeli officials always lie.
The Israeli leader was referring to the remarks made on Monday by Iranian General Hassan Firoozabadi, who said its "military advisers" will say in Syria as long as required to defeat terrorists, and an announcement on Tuesday by Iranian Communications Minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, who said Tehran's attempt to place a satellite into orbit had failed.
Israel is apparently drifting away from its usual policy of neither confirming nor denying military operations in Syrian territory. Last week, Gadi Eisenkot, Kochavi's predecessor as chief of staff of the IDF, acknowledged that the Israeli military had been attacking targets in Syria on nearly a daily basis and engaged "thousands of targets" in the neighboring country. He also said that the Israeli government had been supplying arms and other support to rebel forces in Syria, confirming earlier media reports about the practice.
Comment: The irony is that Iran is leaving. They pulled out of the southwest, close to the Golan, back when the Syrians and Russians liberated the rebel-held areas there. And rumor has it that Russia brokered a deal with the Americans and Iranians with promises from each side to leave Syria if the other did (Syria's official goal has always been for all foreign troops to leave Syria, starting with those there illegally). Basically, Israel just can't help itself. It will take advantage of any situation just for the excuse of appearing strong. It's not.