Raids and Military Incursion in Al-Baath City in Golan
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December 21, 2024, 8:30 pm

Raids and Military Incursion in Al-Baath City in Golan

إسرائيل تغلق المجال الجوي فوق هضبة الجولان

Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath correspondent investigated Israeli forces' entry into Al-Baath city in Quneitra governorate in the Syrian Golan.

Our correspondent revealed Israeli forces' penetration of several towns in Quneitra governorate, where they arrested two people and caused destruction to city roads, indicating their implementation of search campaigns.

An official source revealed the Israeli government's approval of a project to expand settlements in the Golan Heights, explaining that the decision came "in light of the war and new front with Syria," and desire to increase Israeli population there.

Following the collapse of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's rule last Sunday, the Golan Heights, which Israeli forces seized most of in 1967 before annexing it in 1981, witnessed new military operations.

The forces breached the buffer zone, thus violating the 1974 Disengagement Agreement between Syrian and Israeli sides.

It's worth recalling that the Disengagement Agreement that stopped confrontations between Syria and Israel, following the October 1973 war, was signed on May 31, 1974, in Geneva, Switzerland, aiming to separate Syrian and Israeli forces in the Golan adjacent area.

The agreement established a buffer strip between the sides, extending 75 kilometers from Mount Hermon to the Jordanian border, classified as a prohibited area for military personnel from both sides, with the UN force "UNDOF" pledging to monitor the implementation of the disengagement agreement.

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