The family of an Israeli Arab recently killed in Syria said it is likely their son was fighting with an al Qaeda group. A top Israeli general said that Assad “will stay on for years … though he deserves to pass from this world, and the quicker that happens, the better.” A former Israeli commander along the Egypt border warned that Sinai jihadist groups pose a growing threat to Israel and said Israel has become a greater focus for al Qaeda in the past five years.
