21/7/2025–|Last update: 14:48 (Mecca time)
Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz revealed today, Monday, that the Israeli policy in Syria includes the presence of the army in Jabal Al -Sheikh and the security belt area and protection DruzeAccording to his expression.
Katz said that the Israeli strikes against As -Suwayda and Damascus last week were in line with this policy, attacking those who criticized these attacks.
“Whoever criticizes these attacks does not see the facts,” Katz added, considering that the Israeli policy on Syria is “correct and responsible and reflects power and form a guarantee,” according to his claim.
Katz claimed that the Israeli strikes against As -Suwayda and Damascus were “the only way to stop the Druze massacre” who seeks Israeli army To protect them, according to his description.
The leader of the Israeli opposition, Yair Lubid, criticized the Israeli attacks on Damascus, saying that “the response was in the wrong place, and it seemed that we were thorny with power, and now we attack in the Middle East wherever we want without a clear policy.”
“Our reaction to Damascus was hasty, and unnecessary,” the Israeli opposition leader added.
Israeli media reports also revealed a state of anxiety and discomfort inside the White House regarding the military policy pursued by the Israeli government in Syria, amid sharp criticism of the Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuAnd, which US officials described as “acting as a crazy.”
Under the pretext of “Protecting the Druze”, Israel took advantage of the recent turmoil in As -Suwayda and escalated its aggression against Syria, as last Wednesday launched intense raids on 4 governorates, the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense, the Staff and the Oce of the Presidential Palace in Damascus, killing and wounding.
Meanwhile, Israeli Channel 12 reported that the Israeli Army’s 210th Division in the occupied Syrian Golan has finished fortifying parts of the security fence known as the ceasefire line in 1974, to prevent the infiltration of Druze citizens against the background of the events in As -Suwayda.
The procedures included laying concrete walls and barbed wires near Majdal Shams, and declaring some areas closed military areas, as well as military and police reinforcements, closing roads and setting up barriers in them.