Israel tells UN its action in Golan Heights are ‘limited and temporary’

Israel tells the United Nations Security Council that it has taken “limited and temporary measures” in a demilitarized strip bordering Syria to counter any threats, particularly to residents of the Israeli side of the Golan Heights.

“It is important to emphasize, however, that Israel is not intervening in the ongoing conflict between Syrian armed groups; our actions are solely focused on safeguarding our security,” Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon writes in a letter to the 15-member council.

He says Israel remains committed to the framework of a 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying yesterday that this pact has “collapsed.”

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