A buffer zone was established as part of a ceasefire signed between the two countries in 1974. Israel accuses Syria’s military of violating its border with four observation posts.
According to its own statements, the Israeli army attacked the Syrian army’s military infrastructure. The infrastructure extended beyond the buffer zone between the two countries and thus violated a disengagement agreement between the two states, the Israeli military justified the shelling with tanks and artillery. The army did not say what exactly it attacked. According to Israeli media, it is targeting four Syrian army observation posts.
A ceasefire agreement concluded with Syria in 1974 includes a demilitarized zone on the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. A UN force on the plateau monitors compliance with the ceasefire between the two neighboring states. The blue helmets of the Undof mission also control the approximately 235 square kilometer buffer zone.
Israel and Syria have been fighting over the Golan Heights for more than five decades. Israel conquered the approximately 1150 square kilometer plateau in the Six-Day War in 1967 and annexed it at the end of 1981. The UN declared the Israeli annexation null and void at the time. The area is militarily strategic and important because of its access to water sources.
The Syrian army is responsible for all activities on Syrian territory, Israel’s army warned. The military will “not allow any advances that violate Israeli sovereignty.”
Source: Stern
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