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Israeli troops have come under attack in southern Syria for the first time since they invaded the buffer zone adjacent to the occupied Golan Heights following the collapse of the Assad regime.
In a statement, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that troops were targeted in the buffer zone late on January 31 and returned fire toward the source of the shooting. There were no Israeli injuries, according to the military.
Daraa 24, a news blog that covers southern Syria, reported that a force of the IDF stormed the town of Turnejeh in the al-Quneitra countryside and arrested two young men. It is still unclear however if the move was related to the attack on Israeli troops.
On February 1 morning, the “Syrian Resistance,” a group affiliated with the former regime in Syria, claimed responsibility for the incident, according to the Lebanese Al-Akhbar news outlet which is close to Hezbollah.
The group announced that it “has begun its operations against the Israeli enemy alongside operations against al-Julani’s terrorist gangs,” using the nom de guerre of Syria’s transnational president Ahmed al-Sharaa who led the offensive that overthrew Bashar al-Assad.
The group also said that “the Syrian Resistance will not allow Israel to occupy our land. We will ambush it and al-Julani’s gangs with precise ambushes and surprise attacks.”
The IDF invaded southern Syria just hours after the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, occupying most of the buffer zone including the summit strategic Mount Hermon. For the next few days, it launched hundreds of strikes targeting the bases and equipment of the now dissolved Syrian Arab Army.
Syria’s transnational government condemned Israel’s actions and called on the country to respect the United Nations-observed 1974 separation of forces agreement.
It is highly unlikely that the attack on the IDF was carried out by the new Syrian military. At the same time, the so-called Syrian Resistance appears to be more of a propaganda stunt as there is nothing proving that the group actually exists. The poorly planned attack may have been carried out by locals fed up with the Israeli occupation of their farms. The lack of a strong reaction by the IDF suggests that this was the case.
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this is how the 1982-2000 south lebanon insurgency started. zionist forces terrorising local people, stealing from them, robbing them at checkpoints, molesting women, abducting, torturing and murdering people, who become radicalised and carry out revenge attacks. shlomo used to have a peaceful northern border – no longer.
awewome!!!+++
buffer zone is a synonym for israel’s expansion. israel gains usa funding by constantly creating conflicts even paying terrorists to then play the victim validating it’s endless agression