Following the Israeli strike in Syria, a security source told Kan 11 News that Israel had recently sought to reach an understanding with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa through an indirect channel of communication. After the behind-the-scenes efforts failed, Israel provided the United States with intelligence indicating that Turkey was seeking to establish a presence at an airport in Syria, approximately 70 kilometers from the Israeli border. Israel argued that this constituted a violation of the understandings.
According to the source, after the talks failed and before Turkish forces arrived, Israel struck the Syrian base, where rehabilitation work had begun recently.