PM Netanyahu stated Tuesday Israeli forces will keep in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, and particularly on the summit of Mount Hermon, “till one other association is discovered that can guarantee Israel’s safety”. The feedback from the snow-dusted summit which is situated on Syria’s facet of the border. This was apparently the primary time a sitting Israeli chief entered the Syrian territory. Netanyahu stated he had been on the summit of Mount Hermon 53 years in the past as a soldier, however the summit’s significance to Israel’s safety has solely elevated. The beforehand unannounced journey was prone to be seen as provocative by Syria’s new management, which has criticised Israel’s expanded navy presence throughout the de facto border since rebels toppled Bashar Assad. Israel has pushed past areas that the nation controls in Golan Heights and captured land in what Israeli officers have beforehand described as a brief safety measure.
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