
IDF redeploying troops from Gaza to the Golan Heights
Some 262 Druze civilians were recently massacred in Syria.
Some 262 Druze civilians were recently massacred in Syria.
Videos circulated on social media showed pro-regime fighters forcibly shaving the moustaches of captured Druze militiamen, Druze clerics, and even the corpses of Druze men.
The IDF continues to counter emerging threats along Israel’s borders, applying hard-earned lessons from over two years of war—addressing dangers in real time rather than allowing them to fester.
Israel sent forces into the 235 sq km buffer zone to prevent Syrian rebels from approaching the border when the regime of Bashar Assad collapsed in December.
IDF forces from the ‘Mountains’ Brigade (810), operating under Division 210, demolished key Syrian regime outposts along the Hermon crest—eliminating direct threats to Israeli positions and stepping up proactive operations to secure the Golan Heights.
In addition, during the operation, Israeli forces discovered weapons in the area where the terrorists were apprehended, including several firearms and grenades.
The army also released footage and photos of the operations.
In a covert nighttime raid in Syria, IDF forces captured Hamas terrorists plotting attacks against Israeli civilians and troops, seizing a cache of weapons and transferring the suspects to Israel for interrogation.
Since the fall of the Assad regime on Dec. 8, 2024, Israel has taken up positions inside and beyond the Golan Heights buffer zone, including on the strategic Syrian side of Mount Hermon.
IDF forces have operated a mobile medical facility near Khathar in southern Syria, treating over 500 locals, mainly from the Syrian-Druze community, while reinforcing Golan Heights security.
In a daring covert mission, the Mossad retrieved Syria’s long-guarded intelligence archive on legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen—over 2,500 never-before-seen documents, photos, personal items, and even his handwritten will—on the day of his 60th anniversary of his execution, shedding new light on his heroic legacy and Israel’s unbreakable resolve.
In a special mission, the IDF and Mossad located and repatriated the body of Sgt. Zvika Feldman from Syria.
The Israeli Air Force’s Shaldag Unit and Unit 669 destroyed a missile manufacturing facility in Masyaf, Syria, producing Iranian-designed surface-to-surface missiles for the Syrian army and Hezbollah.
The IDF: ‘This operation stands as one of the IDF’s most audacious and perilous commando missions conducted beyond Israel’s borders.’
Israeli commandos raided an Iranian-backed weapons manufacturing site, deep in Syrian territory, in late September.
Several Druze leaders in border villages between Syria and Israel have voiced their preference to join Israel, rejecting the prospect of living under the rule of Islamist extremists.
Israeli military forces have dramatically escalated their presence in southern Syria, deploying tanks, bulldozers, and a substantial convoy into the Yarmouk Basin in Daraa countryside.
Russian report claims that Israeli ground troops were deployed via helicopter to an area outside the Syrian capital of Damascus, possibly in search of remains of executed Israeli spy.
Residents of six Druze villages in the Golan have expressed a desire to have them annexed by Israel.
Halevi emphasized that the primary reason for the IDF’s actions in Syria was the protection of Israeli communities in the Golan Heights. By The IDF