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Israel declared its military objectives to be: the full occupation of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Zone, the establishment of a security zone free from heavy weaponry and military infrastructure, and the prevention of Iranian arms smuggling routes through Syria to Lebanon. [24] Israel's campaign in Syria drew international ...
Israeli airstrikes escalated since the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war in October 2023 in response to attacks on northern Israel mostly by Hezbollah from Lebanon and Syria. At the time of the Masyaf raid, the SOHR reported that over 60 Israeli strikes hit Syria since the beginning of 2024.
Israeli forces, he said, have been operating in the "Area of Separation" buffer zone between Israel and Syria and "in a few additional points." -ABC News' Bruno Nota and Joe Simonetti Dec 10, 7:49 AM
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 ...
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 ...
Israeli invasion of Syria may refer to: Six-Day War; 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria This page was last edited on 14 December 2024, at 21:01 (UTC). Text is available ...
Israel–Syria relations refer to the bilateral ties between the State of Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic.The two countries have been locked in a perpetual war since the establishment of Israel in 1948, with their most significant and direct armed engagements being in the First Arab–Israeli War in 1948–1949, the Third Arab–Israeli War in 1967, and the Fourth Arab–Israeli War in 1973.
On 2 April, an unidentified aircraft—likely of Iranian origin—that crossed into Israeli airspace from Syria was shot down by Israeli helicopters and planes. Shortly after, Syrian media reported explosions at an airport near Damascus, but did not blame Israel. [284] On 4 April, Israeli airstrikes near Damascus killed two Syrian civilians. [285]