Katz Orders IDF to Create Security Zone Beyond Border With Syria

Stand for Israel | December 9, 2024

Israeli soldiers operating in the Syrian side of the border fence with Israel, northern Israel, December 9, 2024. (Photo: Jamal Awad/Flash90)

After the news of the fall of the Assad regime, Israel is preparing to defend her people against possible terror threats. During this time of instability in Syria, the Israel Air Force preemptively carried out strikes overnight to take out weapon supplies in Syria that could fall into the hands of extremists, reports JNS:

The defense minister also ordered the continued destruction of strategic weapons that were previously held by the regime and Iranian-backed militias to prevent their falling into the hands of terrorist forces. Among these weapons are “surface-to-air missiles, air defense systems, surface-to-surface missiles, cruise missiles, long-range rockets and coast-to-sea missiles,” according to the ministry.

He has also instructed the army to “prevent and thwart the renewal of the arms smuggling route from Iran to Lebanon through Syria, in Syrian territory and at border crossing points.”

Lastly, Katz said he had asked the military to attempt to establish contacts with Syria’s Druze community and other local populations.