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Sunday, December 8, 2024
IDF declares closed military zones on Israeli side of border with Syria
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF has imposed closed military zones in the Golan Heights on the Israeli side of the border with Syria, as it beefs up defenses following the fall of the Assad regime.
The military says agricultural areas near Merom Golan, Ein Zivan, Buq’ata and Khirbet Ein Hura will be off-limits for civilians until the end of the month.
Farmers will be allowed to enter some areas within the closed zones “for periods of a few hours, based on military necessity” and in coordination with the IDF.
Meanwhile, the IDF Home Front Command has ruled that schools in the four Druze communities in the northern Golan Heights — Buq’ata, Ein Qiniye, Mas’ade and Majdal Shams — will carry out studies online. Daycares will still operate as usual in those towns.
