Israel confirmed that he produced strikes in southern Syria, while the new Syrian government calls for the total withdrawal of Israeli forces from Syrian territory.
“We will not allow southern Syria to become southern Lebanon,” said Israel Katz Israeli Minister of Defense concerning strikes. “Any attempt at the forces of the Syrian regime and terrorist organizations in the country to settle in the security zone of southern Syria will meet with fire.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Israel Katz, during the ceremony to give to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024.
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Katz said the Israeli air forces are now strongly attacking in southern Syria as part of the new policy that we have defined from pacification in southern Syria. “
“We will not endanger the security of our citizens,” he said.
Israel confirmed the strikes after the Syrian state media reported several aircraft strikes near Damascus.
Israeli forces occupy the demilitarized buffer zone on the Syrian border since the fall of the regime of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.
Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu reported that Israeli forces will remain in the buffer zone, which separates the Golan Heights occupied by the Israelis of Syria for a while.
Earlier this week, during remarks during a presentation of military diplomas, Netanyahu promised that Israel would not allow the new Syrian army or the rebel group which overthrew the Assad regime to “enter the region South of Damascus “, the Associated Press reported.
Earlier Tuesday, the new Syrian government called for an “immediate and immediate and unconditional withdrawal” of the Israeli forces of Syria, condemning the presence as a “blatant violation of the sovereignty of the Syrian state”.
Katz said last week that the TSAhal troops will also remain in certain regions of southern Lebanon, passing the deadline for total withdrawal, as indicated in its ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, to “ensure the protection of All Israeli communities and dissuade threats from Lebanon “.
