Jerusalem –ย Six Israeli soldiers were wounded overnight in an operation in southern Syria to arrest suspects from the Lebanese Islamist group Jamaa Islamiya, the military said Friday.
It added that six soldiers were injured in an exchange of fire, three of them seriously.
After the fall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 and the arrival of the new Islamist leadership in Damascus, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria.
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Israel swiftly sent troops into the UN-patrolled buffer zone, which has separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights since 1974.
Israel has occupied Syria’s Golan Heights since 1967, annexing it in 1981 in a move not recognised by the international community.
In a resolution passed on November 6, the UN Security Council reaffirmed its strong backing for Syria’s “sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unity”.
During the summer, high-level contacts between Israeli and Syrian officials took place, with the help of Paris and Washington.
Both sides indicated their desire to reach a security agreement.
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Source: AFP
