Israel seizes, expands beyond buffer zone

Israel is creating a "security zone free of heavy strategic weapons and terrorist infrastructures" in southern Syria, extending beyond the demilitarized buffer zone.

Following the collapse of the Assad regime, Israel has intensified its military actions in Syria, conducting airstrikes and deploying ground forces into and beyond the buffer zone for the first time in 50 years. Over the past two days, the Israeli military reported approximately 480 strikes targeting Syria's strategic weapons stockpiles.