Prime Minister Netanyahu, accompanied by other defense officials, toured the buffer zone on the Syrian border, responded to questions from stationed IDF soldiers, and spoke with regional commanders.
In 2025 alone, IDF forces uncovered over 40 smuggling attempts along the northern border.
Syrian children were seen laughing and smiling with IDF soldiers securing the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon region after the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus.
Katz added that Israel will maintain its protective efforts for Syrian Druze communities.
Israel’s military doctrine under Zamir is shifting toward long-term strategic containment of Iran.
Over 80% of Druze men enlist in the IDF.
Syria’s reliance on jihadist groups that could be used against Israel is a red flag.
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.
