Netanyahu: Israel 'Exacting Heavy Price from Terror-supporting Regimes'

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a special session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/Pool
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a special session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/Pool
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Netanyahu: Israel 'Exacting Heavy Price from Terror-supporting Regimes'

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a special session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/Pool
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a special session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/Pool

Israel is "exacting a heavy price from terrorist-supporting regimes" outside of its borders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet in televised remarks on Sunday, without elaborating.

The remark followed what Syria described as an Israeli military strike in Homs province and which, according to Western intelligence sources, hit air bases hosting Iranian personnel.

Israel has for years carried out attacks against what it has described as Iran-linked targets in Syria, where Tehran's influence has grown since it began supporting President Bashar al-Assad in the conflict that began in 2011 following a brutal crackdown of peaceful demonstrators.

Israel has intensified strikes in the last year on Syrian airports and air bases to disrupt what it says is Iran's use of aerial supply lines to deliver arms to militias.

Western intelligence sources have said Iran is increasingly using several civilian airports to deliver more arms, taking advantage of heavy air traffic as cargo planes offload relief aid following February's deadly earthquake.



South Korea Prosecutors File Request to Detain Ex-president Yoon

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) is approached by reporters as he appears at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, 03 July 2025, to attend the ninth hearing of his trial over insurrection charges in connection with his declaration of martial law.  EPA/YONHAP
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) is approached by reporters as he appears at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, 03 July 2025, to attend the ninth hearing of his trial over insurrection charges in connection with his declaration of martial law. EPA/YONHAP
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South Korea Prosecutors File Request to Detain Ex-president Yoon

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) is approached by reporters as he appears at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, 03 July 2025, to attend the ninth hearing of his trial over insurrection charges in connection with his declaration of martial law.  EPA/YONHAP
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) is approached by reporters as he appears at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, 03 July 2025, to attend the ninth hearing of his trial over insurrection charges in connection with his declaration of martial law. EPA/YONHAP

South Korean special prosecutors on Sunday filed a request to detain former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges related to insurrection from when he declared martial law last year, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

"Detention request is related to allegations of abuse of power and obstruction of justice," the statement from the special counsel of prosecutors investigating the December 3 incident said.

Yoon's martial law decree was lifted about six hours after it was announced when lawmakers, who had been forced to scale the walls of the assembly building to make it through a ring of security forces, voted the decree down.

According to Reuters, Yoon was summoned on Saturday for hours of questioning by the special counsel as part of the probe over the insurrection charges, according to the counsel officials.

Yoon's lawyer was not immediately available for comment on Sunday.