Sputnik - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin called the US missile strike on an airfield in Syria�s Homs province an "example to the entire free world."


EL AVIV (Sputnik)�� Israeli President Reuven Rivlin called the US missile strike on�an airfield in�Syria�s Homs province an "example to�the entire free world."


"The clear action by�US and @POTUS are a fitting response to�such unthinkable brutality, & an example to�the entire free world," Rivlin said on�Twitter.


Earlier in�the day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel supported the US missile attack on�the airfield.

On Thursday night, the United States launched over�50 Tomahawk cruise missiles at�the Syrian military airfield in�Ash Sha�irat, located about�40 kilometers (25 miles) from�the city of�Homs. US President Donald Trump said the attack was a response to�the alleged chemical weapon use in�Syria's Idlib on�Tuesday, which Washington blames on�the Syrian government.

On Tuesday, the Syrian National Coalition of�Revolutionary and Opposition Forces reported that a chemical weapon attack in�Syria�s Idlib province claimed the lives of�some 80 people and inflicted harm on�an additional 200 civilians. The coalition, as�well as�a number of�Western states, blamed the Syrian government troops for�the attack, while Damascus has refuted these allegations.

Following the 2013 chemical weapon attack in�eastern Ghouta, Syria, an incident which killed up�to 1,500 people, Syria joined the Convention on�the Prohibition of�Chemical Weapons. In January 2016, the OPCW announced its completion of�the chemical weapons disarmament in�Syria. However, in�June 2016, the US State Department published a report which said Syria had continued to�use chemical substances against�citizens and suggested the country could also stockpile chemical weapons. After the report was released, UN High Representative for�Disarmament Affairs Kim Won-soo said that UN and OPCW experts still could not confirm the complete destruction of�chemical weapon production facilities in�Syria.