Katz: Fall of Assad is a ‘severe blow to Iranian axis of evil’

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has dealt “a severe blow to the Iranian axis of evil,” Defense Minister Israel Katz says on a visit to Israel’s border with Syria.

“The octopus tentacles are being cut off one by one,” he says, referring to Iran’s influence over the Middle East via proxy groups, which include Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.

Vowing that the communities in Israel’s Golan Heights will remain safe amid the developments across the border in Syria, Katz says Israel is “determined not to allow a return to the situation of October 6 – not in the Golan Heights or anywhere else.”

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