Fake news leads Pak minister to issue nuclear threat to Israel

New York: The Defence Minister of Pakistan Khawaja M Asif, took to Twitter making an indirect nuclear threat to Israel after he was misled by a fake news that Israel had warned Islamabad of retaliation in case they interfered in the ongoing situation in Syria.

Pakistan's Defence Minister Asif, on December 23,  tweeted: "Israeli def min threatens nuclear retaliation presuming pak role in Syria against Daesh. Israel forgets Pakistan is a Nuclear state too AH."

In a fake news published by AWDnews, it was said, that the former Defence Minister of Israel Moshe Ya'alon had said that Pakistan would be destroyed if it sent troops to Syria and interfered in the ongoing war.

The headline read: "Israeli Defense Minister: If Pakistan send ground troops into Syria on any pretext, we will destroy this country with a nuclear attack."

Following that news, Khawaja Asif tweeted the retort without verifying the information.

The Times of Israel in a report stated: "Israel has never publicly confirmed or denied possessing nuclear weapons, nor issued threats to use nuclear weapons. It would be beyond unlikely for it to brazenly threaten Pakistan that "we will destroy them with a nuclear attack," as the report claimed that Ya'alon did on Tuesday. Such ostensible comments by Ya'alon would have caused major headlines worldwide."

Reacting to Pakistan Defence Minister's tweet @Israel_MOD said "The statement attributed to fmr Def Min Yaalon re Pakistan was never said...reports referred to by the Pakistani Def Min are entirely false."