After, in violation of Alto El Fuego, the Israeli army has marked a new objective in another neighboring country: to prevent the presence in southern Syria of the new army. The prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu put it in Sunday, and military aviation has made it late in the last minute of this Tuesday, with a wave of bombings 13 kilometers south of the capital, Damascus, and in the province of Deraa, border with Jordan. Israel already after the end of the war in Syria to destroy, in the largest air operation in its history, most of the strategic capabilities of the Syrian army and invade – first time in half a century – part of the demilitarized area. Now, Netanyahu says that they will remain “indefinitely” and demand the “full demilitarization” of the entire southern Syria.
The attack has occurred hours after the Syrian National Dialogue Conference, to which Ahmed el Sharaa – the interim president and leader of the lightning offensive that knocked EL ASAD and ended 13 years of civil war – summoned the different Country communities to formulate recommendations that serve as a guide until the drafting of a new Constitution. The final statement described the Israeli incursion of “flagrant violation of state sovereignty,” demanded the “immediate and unconditional withdrawal” of the troops, rejected Netanyahu’s statements about his indefinite presence and requested the intervention of the international community.
The Sharaa, more focused on and aware of the overwhelming imbalancing of forces with Israel, has been missing the daily bombings over Syria and the new occupation of the national territory, which adds to that of the Golán’s highs, since the six -day war From 1967. “We do not want conflicts with any country, even with Israel,” he said last month in an interview. During the Syrian war, Israel already launched frequent attacks, against Iranian objectives and its allies, especially to stop arms trafficking to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Now that they fled with the fall of El Asad, on whose side they fought in the war, continues to do them daily, with the argument of preventing anyone from eventually using weapons and territory to attack Israel.
This Tuesday, the Israeli army confirmed the attack against “command centers and multiple sites containing weapons.” “The presence of military forces and assets in the southern part of Syria represents a threat to the citizens of Israel,” he said.
It was part of the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz – in a “new policy”, which consists of opening fire in the face of “any attempt at the forces of the Syrian regime and the terrorist organizations of the country” of establishing themselves in the area. “We will not allow southern Syria to become the south of Lebanon,” he added, equating the deployment of the national army (which has not confronted the invasion of the national territory and barely has a presence in the area) with the Fief of Hezbollah. Netanyahu pointed out two days before his troops will remain “for a time indefinite”, which violates the 1974 armistice, after the Yom Kipur war, the last one that both countries have fought.
In December, when they first penetrated the area, the Israeli army issued a statement ensuring that they were helping to repel an attack on Blue helmets They monitor the area. The UN mission never confirmed that it existed. The next day, Netanyahu admitted the incursion. Only in the English statement called it as “temporary.” Weeks later, the defense minister said the troops would stay at least all winter. Israel has raised at least seven military bases there, according to satellite images.
This Sunday, in a speech to combat cadets, Netanyahu said they will remain in the strategic Monte Hermón and in the demilitarized area “for an indefinite period”, in order to “counteract any threat.” In addition, he specified the three Syrian provinces where he demands “full demilitarization”: Qneitra, and Suweida, just the three of the south, which give the north with that of Damascus.
In Suweida, the Druzos are concentrated, the minority – along with the Kurds – to which Israel has been courting. “We will not tolerate any threat against the Drusa community in southern Syria,” Netyahu said in his speech. The phrase generated protests in Deraa, Suweida and Damascus against attempts to divide the country and suggest tensions between communities at such a delicate transition. Already before the fall of El Asad, today Foreign Minister Gideon Saar advocated creating in Syria a “minority alliance”, such as Kurds and Druss, against Iran.
Israeli public television on Monday realized a pilot program to offer work to Syria Drusos as day laborers in agriculture and construction in the Golán highs. He has designed it
