Video shows Israeli missile blowing up Syrian missile battery
Israel has released video of the moment one of its missiles destroyed a Syrian anti-aircraft battery during a wave of airstrikes that followed an alleged Iranian attack on the Golan Heights.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, said Iran had "crossed a red line" and that the resulting bombardment against targets in Syria "was a consequence".
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned: "If we get rain, they'll get a flood."
The Israel Defence Forces released the video, which showed soldiers standing near an Syria SA-22 missile launcher shortly before the missile blew it up.
The launcher is short to medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapons system.
The bombardment led to calls for calm from Russia, France, Germany and Britain and the European Union, while the United States put the blame squarely on Iran and stressed Israel's right to "self-defence".
Germany and Britain joined the United States in denouncing the rocket fire towards the Israel-occupied Golan Heights they also said was carried out by Iran, while France reiterated its "unwavering support for Israel's security".
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani told German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone call that he did not want "new tensions" in the Middle East.
Rouhani did not mention of Israel's strikes in Syria, or those against the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
But the chairman of his country's parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, Allaeddine Boroujerdi, condemned the strikes, warning that "Israel has entered a dangerous game".
The Israeli raids in Syria, which a monitor said killed 23 fighters, were one of the largest Israeli military operations in recent years and the biggest such assault on Iranian targets, the Israeli military said.
"We hit nearly all the Iranian infrastructure in Syria," Mr Lieberman said.
"I hope we've finished this episode and everyone understood."
