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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(116,478 posts) Tue Dec 17, 2024, 09:24 PM Dec 17

Netanyahu says Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable future

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, seized after the ouster of Syria’s President Bashar Assad, until another arrangement is in place “that ensures Israel’s security.”

Netanyahu made the comments from the summit of Mount Hermon — the highest peak in the area — inside Syria, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the border with the Israel-held Golan Heights.

It appeared to be the first time a sitting Israeli leader had set foot that far into Syria. Netanyahu said he had been on the same mountaintop 53 years ago as a soldier, but the summit’s importance to Israel’s security has only increased given recent events.

Israel seized a swath of southern Syria along the border with the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights days after Assad was ousted by rebels last week.

https://apnews.com/article/syria-war-assad-israel-news-17-december-2024-4d7f0b35e08d5e853c776193272fb2d6

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Netanyahu says Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable future (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 17 OP

Truly, Israel is the victim in all this Bok_Tukalo Dec 17 #1

I knew that warmonger was going take some land. The foreseable future means as long as possible to hold it. brush Dec 17 #2

How long until most Israelis realize they are in a war similar to Vietnam? Crowman2009 Dec 17 #3

Bok_Tukalo

(4,412 posts)

1. Truly, Israel is the victim in all this

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 09:28 PM

Dec 17

brush

(58,018 posts)

2. I knew that warmonger was going take some land. The foreseable future means as long as possible to hold it.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 09:30 PM

Dec 17

Look to even more encroachment.

Crowman2009

(2,844 posts)

3. How long until most Israelis realize they are in a war similar to Vietnam?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 09:44 PM

Dec 17

I know there millions who are protesting this corruption of power over there, for that I'm thankful. But the general public seem to be under the delusion that Nutty-yahoo gives a damn about the hostages. When in reality, it's just a big money real estate cash grab for him and his cronies. From the looks of it, this war could go on for years.

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