A committee established by the Israeli government said the country must prepare for a potential war with Turkey, warning the latter's apparent ambitions to restore their Ottoman-era influence will ignite tensions in the region.
The Nagel Committee issued a report on Monday detailing the defence budget and security strategy, where they raised concerns over Turkey’s aspirations and possible future tensions with Israel, according to Israeli media.
The committee said these tensions could escalate into conflict and highlighted the risk of Syrian factions aligning with Turkey and creating further threats to Israel's "security".
"The threat from Syria could evolve into something even more dangerous than the Iranian threat" the report said, adding that Turkish-backed forces could act as proxies.
The report, along with recommendations, was passed on to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz and far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday.
Not sure, if I were Israel, that I'd be warning people about making inappropriate appeals to historic borders.