Netanyahu Visits IDF Troops in Israeli-Occupied Syria

Following the ousting of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which Netanyahu celebrated and took credit for, Israel captured a demilitarized buffer zone in southwestern Syria, beyond the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, that was created under a 1974 Israel-Syria disengagement deal. Israeli troops have also pushed further into the Quneitra and Daraa governorates, where they regularly carry out ground incursions into villages.

“We attach immense importance to our capability here, both defensive and offensive,” Netanyahu told Israeli troops in Syria, according to The Times of Israel.