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Following the attack, Israel launched one of the most destructive bombing campaigns in modern history and invaded Gaza on 27 October 2023 with the stated objectives of destroying Hamas and freeing hostages. [9] The war resulted in widespread devastation and loss of life, with over 40,000 Palestinians killed as of February 2024. [10]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present) Part of the Syrian civil war, the Middle Eastern crisis, the spillover of the Israel–Hamas war in Syria and the Arab–Israeli conflict Top: Invading Israeli ...
Map of the UNDOF Zone (in purple) Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel has occupied most of the Golan Heights region of Syria. After the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israel and Syria agreed to a ceasefire which created the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which maintains a small buffer zone between the two countries.
Since the Israel–Gaza war began on 7 October 2023, there has been an escalation in Israeli attacks against Syria. Israel has consistently conducted missile attacks against locations it claims to be connected to Iran since the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, rarely commenting on these actions.
Israel's official position in the Syrian Civil War has been strict neutrality, [13] as per various Israeli Defense Ministers. [14] [15]In July 2017, Israel's Defence Minister, Avigdor Liberman, said that while "the rebels are not our friends, they are all versions of al-Qaeda", Israel could not allow a man like Bashar al-Assad to remain in power: "Keeping Assad in power is not in our security ...
A US government official confirmed that Israel was behind the attack and that the targets were missiles and equipment that Israel feared Syria might transfer to Hezbollah. [77] US officials quoted by AFP confirmed the Israeli airstrike, and claimed that the target was SA-125 missiles. [78] [79]
2024 Israeli invasion of Syria: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders the IDF to seize control over the buffer zone separating it and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights that had been in place since 1974 following the collapse of the Assad regime. [61] 9 December – Pro-Turkish rebels seize the town of Manbij from the Syrian ...
The attacks followed an interview with a rebel who had been treated in Israel and promised to come back to Syria to fight against the Druze minority. [53] On 10 February 2018, an Iranian drone was reported to have entered Israeli airspace, which was shot down by the Israeli Air Force. In retaliation, the IAF struck Iranian targets inside Syria.