The full details behind the Israeli raids on Abu al-Duhur Airport in Idlib have not been revealed, but they reached a point where they threatened to provoke a Turkish response, had the United States not called for restraint. Any confrontation at this time would be leveraged by Netanyahu to his advantage, as his tensions with Turkey and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continue to grow. He therefore wants to provoke them into adding a new war to his ongoing conflicts. All options, including creating a "new threat" to Israel, are justified ahead of the elections, while hatred of Turkey and its president has become a tool for mobilizing voters.
