IDF chief visits troops in Syria after strike on airbase, says he won’t allow ‘hostile forces’ along Israeli border

After the IDF’s strike on a Syrian airbase where Israel says Turkey was planning to deploy forces, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir says the military “will not allow hostile forces to establish themselves along our borders.”

Zamir visited troops in the Israeli-held buffer zone in southern Syria this morning, during which he held an assessment with senior officers.

“We see what is happening and are monitoring the changes on the Syrian front. We must prepare for them accordingly,” he says, according to remarks provided by the IDF.

“We will not allow hostile forces to establish themselves along our borders, and we will know how to use our power precisely where it is needed and when it is needed,” Zamir says.

The IDF chief adds the military “must prevent the development of terror threats, while at the same time preventing the emergence of a significant military threat along our borders.”