{"id":1252,"date":"2025-02-01T10:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T10:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jagsystem.com\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T10:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T10:01:50","slug":"tropas-da-idf-na-zona-tampao-da-siria-sofrem-ataque-pela-primeira-vez","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/?page_id=1252","title":{"rendered":"IDF troops in syria buffer zone come under attack for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Troops of the Israeli Air Force’s elite Shaldag unit are seen atop the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, in a photo published December 12, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\r\n\tOn Friday night, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers operating in a buffer zone in southern Syria came under fire, the army said<\/strong><\/p>

It was the first incident since Israeli troops were deployed to the area following the fall of the Assad regime last month.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe Israeli army said the soldiers returned fire.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThere were no injuries among the Israelis, the military statement said.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe incident marks the first time such an incident has occurred since Israeli forces deployed to the buffer zone on the Israel-Syria border following the fall of the Assad regime.<\/p>

\r\nIsrael initially described the move as a temporary measure to prevent hostile actors from taking advantage of the power vacuum and seizing control of strategic territory, threatening Israel.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nOn Saturday morning, the Syrian Resistance, an organization linked to the former Syrian regime, claimed responsibility for the attack, a Lebanese media outlet affiliated with Hezbollah reported.<\/p>

\r\nThe group said it had “started its operations against the Israeli enemy, along with operations against the terrorist gangs of al-Julani,” referring to the new Syrian leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, by his pseudonym.<\/p>

\r\nAccording to the Al-Akhbar newspaper, the Syrian Resistance also said it “will not allow Israel to occupy our land.<\/p>

\r\nWe will ambush both Israel and the gangs of al-Julani with precise ambushes and surprise attacks.” The IDF confirmed the previous night that its soldiers had responded to the fire, with no Israeli injuries.<\/p>

\r\nOn Wednesday, the new Syrian authorities called for Israel’s withdrawal from Syrian territory during talks with the head of a UN observer force, state media reported.<\/p>

\r\nDuring Jean-Pierre Lacroix’s meeting with Syria’s foreign and defense ministers, “it was confirmed that Syria is ready to cooperate fully with the UN,” the official SANA news agency reported.<\/p>

\r\nSyria also said it was ready to redeploy its forces to the Golan in accordance with a 1974 agreement establishing a buffer zone, “provided that Israeli forces withdraw immediately,” SANA added.<\/p>

\r\nIsrael captured most of the Golan from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War, before which several Arab armies planned an invasion of Israel.<\/p>

\r\nJerusalem annexed the area in 1981, in a move recognized only by the United States.<\/p>

\r\nThe UN-patrolled buffer zone was created to keep Israeli and Syrian forces separate.<\/p>

\r\nForces loyal to Assad’s government abandoned their positions in southern Syria before the rebel groups reached Damascus, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to say there was a “vacuum on Israel’s border.” The United Nations considers Israel’s occupation of the buffer zone a violation of the 1974 disengagement agreement.<\/p>

\r\nIsrael argues that the deal has collapsed because one side is no longer in a position to implement it.

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