Israel confiscates tanks and weapons from a Syrian Army military post in the south of the country

MADRID Dec. 11 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported this Wednesday that they have confiscated several tanks and weapons from the regular Syrian Army, loyal to deposed President Bashar al Assad, at a military post located in the south of the country, where Israeli troops They have entered to guarantee their safety in the face of the rise to power of rebels and jihadists in Damascus.

Following the fall of the Al Assad regime last weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered four brigades of the 210th Bashan Regional Division to enter the buffer zone between Israel and Syria, east of the Golan Heights. , to secure positions and prevent rebels and jihadists from occupying the area.

As part of these operations, the Israeli Army has confiscated several tanks recently abandoned by troops loyal to Al Assad; as well as a weapons warehouse hidden in a former Syrian military post. Among the weapons seized are mines, explosives and anti-tank missiles, as detailed by Israeli military authorities.

“Our mission is to protect the inhabitants of the Golan Heights and the citizens of the State of Israel,” stressed the commander of the Bashan Division, Brigadier General Yair Plai, who assured that the Army “will continue to protect and monitor any possible threat.”

The offensive in Syria, launched on November 27 from the province of Idlib, has allowed jihadists and rebels to take the capital, Damascus, and put an end to the regime of the Al Assad family, in power since 1971, in the face of a constant withdrawal of the government troops, backed by Russia and Iran.

The Golan Heights are a territory that Israel seized from Syria during the Six-Day War (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973) and effectively annexed in 1981, a movement not recognized by the community. international.