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Paratroopers redeployed from Syria to south Israel ahead of planned major Gaza offensive
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade operate in southern Syria, in a handout photo published on March 25, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
After five months of operations in southern Syria, the Paratroopers Brigade is being deployed to southern Israel ahead of an upcoming major offensive in the Gaza Strip, the military says.
The paratroopers have been operating in the Golan Heights and inside Syria since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December.
The military says the brigade has concluded its operations and is now preparing with the 98th Division for “additional missions in the Gaza Strip ahead of the expansion of the fighting in the Strip.”
A reservist brigade will be replacing the paratroopers in the Golan and southern Syria, the army adds.
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