Arab sources report IDF activity near Damascus and Quneitra
(Aug. 28, 12:35 / JNS) Israel is working to create a demilitarized zone in Syria stretching from the Golan Heights to south of Damascus, alongside a humanitarian corridor, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.
“Right now we are focused on three things,” Netanyahu declared during a visit to Julis in Israel’s north, where he met with the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, as well as local leaders and members of Knesset from the village.
Jerusalem’s goals include protecting the Druze in Syria’s Sweida region and beyond; establishing a security zone from the Golan Heights south of Damascus, including Sweida; and creating a humanitarian corridor that will allow the delivery of aid, including “food, building materials, everything needed, as well as large-scale medical assistance,” he said.