Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister who landed the role because he is a puppet for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Wednesday that his forces are “prepared to stay in Syria for an unlimited amount of time”—because of security concerns.
Israel Katz, the head of the IDF, confirmed Israeli strikes across southern Syria last week and said Tel Aviv will not allow the region to become like “southern Lebanon.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he will “not allow” any Syrian force—whether it be the new army or Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)—to enter the region “south of Damascus,” while reaffirming his position that the IDF will not be pulled from the southern region of the fractured country any time soon.
A top Israel official said last week that the country has no plans to retreat from what was a demilitarized zone inside Syria’s southern border region after seizing the territory following the fall of the country’s former leader Bashar al Assad.
The Israeli Defense Force continues to capture more territory in Syria and subjugate the thousands of Syrians who live near the border region after the fall of the country’s former leader Bashar al Assad.
Israeli forces are making themselves at home in Syria after last month’s swift fall of Bashar al-Assad, and—after staking claim to new land in the country, have expanded their land grab to include the city of Quneitra, which is further into Syria and shares a border with the Golan Heights.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel will continue to hold on to the stolen Golan Heights, “cause it to blossom,” and fill it with Israeli settlers, drawing criticism from neighboring countries.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the people of Iran in a video last week and promised that they will soon be free and he has “no doubt” that they will “realize that future together.”
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei downplayed recent key losses absorbed by the Resistance Movement that were capped off after the swift fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Asad earlier this month.
Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, fled to Moscow on Sunday after a lightning fast offensive by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Turkish-Israeli-U.S. backed group that invaded Syria’s Aleppo last week that continued on to Damascus and easily took control of the city.