IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir visited the Syrian border earlier this evening, telling troops, “We are acting with determination to prevent the entrenchment of hostile elements beyond the border, to protect the citizens of the State of Israel, and to prevent harm to the Druze.”
The visit comes after around 1,000 Druze residents of Israel breached the border into Syria today, amid deadly clashes in the Syrian Druze-majority city of Sweida.
Zamir held an assessment on the border with his deputy, Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai; Northern Command chief, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin; Intelligence Directorate chief, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder; Operations Directorate chief, Maj. Gen. Itzik Cohen; and 210th “Bashan” Regional Division commander Brig. Gen. Yair Peli, the military says.
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