Israeli troops are now engaged on “four fronts” as a result of new operations on the border of Syria and the Golan Heights, Israeli military chief of staff Herzi Halevi said on Sunday.
Halevi’s comments to newly enlisted recruits came after Israel deployed soldiers into a demilitarised buffer zone in the Golan Heights, after the toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s regime by Islamist rebels.
Israeli forces on Sunday also took over the Syrian side of Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights.
Israel seized the area from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War. The capture was never internationally recognised, apart from the United States.
“Ground troops are engaged in combat on four fronts: against terrorism in Judea and Samaria, in Gaza, in Lebanon, and last night we deployed troops into Syrian territory,” Halevi said.
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