IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir visited troops inside southern Syria earlier today, the military says.
The IDF says Zamir toured the area and held an assessment with officers, including the chief of the Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, and the commander of the 210th Bashan Regional Division, Brig. Gen. Yair Peli.
The IDF has described its presence in southern Syria’s buffer zone as a temporary and defensive measure, though Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that troops will remain deployed to nine army posts in the area “indefinitely.”
Zamir’s visit to Syria comes as the IDF comptroller, Brig. Gen. (res.) Ofer Sarig, is carrying out an inspection of the Northern Command’s readiness, discipline and routine activities.
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