Maybe I'm wrong, but Israel has struggled to fight against some pretty under equipped forces. Turkey would demolish them. The only thing that might save them is the fact Turkey wont want to make America mad, and turning Israel into dust wouldn't be a popular move among the west.

With the protests there tho this might be exactly what Erdogan needs to get people behind him. Since if he gave Israel a bloody nose his people would love it. Kinda makes me think this is staged tbh. So he can look like hes standing up to Israel, and get his domestic situation under control.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

Israel and Turkey will never directly confront eachother under these current governments, especially within Syria. At least not to the level we've seen between Israel and Iran.

Sure Turkey could give the IDF a black eye, even ignoring the US element it serves both sides to maintain a slow moving and low-intensity battle for Syria. To escalate things further on this front would have the opposite effect to relieving domestic pressure on either side.

Even with Iran and Israel we've yet to see them engage in more than single operations since a direct war would be much more unpopular once military recruiters start rounding up conscripts, or a war economy interrupts civilian life. I think Iran is of course less affected by these facts than Israel but there are also other factors at play.