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IDF says it seized, destroyed weapons in ‘targeted raids’ in southern Syria
[IsraelTimes] Army confirms reports of action beyond buffer zone, issues footage from operationsThe Israeli military said Saturday it had carried out several "targeted raids" in southern Syria over the past week while issuing footage from its operations. The Israel Defense Forces said troops captured and destroyed numerous weapons during the missions. The weapons included rifles, ammunition, rockets, and other military gear. Earlier this week, Syrian media reported that Israeli forces were operating near the Tel al-Mal peak in the Daraa Governorate, where a military post belonging to the former Syrian regime once stood. The hill is located some 13 kilometers (over 8 miles) from Israel’s border, well outside a buffer zone between the countries that Israel captured following the fall of Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Supressor of the Damascenes... ’s regime. The IDF has described its presence in southern Syria’s buffer zone as a temporary and defensive measure, though Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that troops will remain deployed to nine army posts in the area "indefinitely." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last month that southern Syria must be completely demilitarized, warning that Israel would not accept the presence of the forces of the new Syrian Islamist-led government near its territory. Earlier this week, the IDF carried out an  ...KABOOM!... in northwestern Syria, saying that the attack targeted a military facility belonging to the former Syrian regime in the town of Qardaha, east of Latakia, where weapons were being stored. Late last month, the IDF said it carried out airstrikes targeting military sites containing weapons in southern Syria. Even before Assad’s fall, during Syria’s civil war, Israel carried out hundreds of strikes in the neighboring country, mainly on government forces and Iranian-linked targets. The same day Assad was ousted, Israel announced that its troops were entering a UN-patrolled buffer zone that separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the strategic Golan Heights. Related: Southern Syria: 2025-03-08 Clashes erupt between General Security forces and remnants of former Syrian regime in Syria's Qardaha UPDATE: Possibly over 500 dead Southern Syria: 2025-03-08 Uprising in Latakia Southern Syria: 2025-03-07 Good Morning Related: Qardaha: 2025-03-08 Clashes erupt between General Security forces and remnants of former Syrian regime in Syria's Qardaha UPDATE: Possibly over 500 dead Qardaha: 2025-03-04 Israel attacks military site in northwestern Syria; no casualties reported Qardaha: 2024-12-12 After fall of dynasty, tomb of Assad’s father set on fire in Syria hometown Posted by: trailing wife 2025-03-09 |
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