Tel Aviv, Aug. 22 -- Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that the military has urged authorities "several times" to target Syria's Abu Duhur military airport last week due to intelligence suggesting Turkey intended to deploy forces at the facility.

The remarks came after Israel carried out airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur military airport in Syria's eastern Idlib province.

According to the Times of Israel, Katz said that while the Israeli Air Force carried out the overnight strike, the operation was initially met with silence from the military before being acknowledged by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Katz stated that "The IDF recommended several times carrying out the strike on the Abu Duhur airport in Syria in li...