President Reuven Rivlin said on Sunday that Saturday's reprisal raids on Syria demonstrated members of the Israel Defense Forces' "their DNA of devotion to achieving the goal – not returning home until the mission is completed. This is the most important value against our enemies."
Speaking after a hospital visit to the pilot and navigator who were injured when their plane went down returning from their mission, Rivlin added, "All those who wish us ill should know we will not allow them to disrupt the lives of the citizens of our country, and that we will not stand by in the face of those who seek to do so." He specifically mentioned Iran and its presence on the other side of Israel's northern border.