
File photo: An Israeli army tank advances into the Syrian town of Madinat al-Baath, in the UN-patrolled buffer zone in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. AFP
According to the Israeli newspaper, Defense Minister Yoav Galant headed a small ministerial meeting two days ago, ahead of an upcoming discussion with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, focusing on Turkish intervention in Syria.
The Israeli cabinet deliberations addressed developments in Syria and the new administration under its new de factor leader, Ahmed Al-Sharaa.
Israel Hayom reported that Israel's Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen, a right-wing extremist, proposed holding an international conference to enhance regional stability.
The discussions included consideration of an Israeli initiative that senior political and security officials have been studying since the fall of Bashar Al-Assad, which entails dividing Syria into cantons under the pretext of safeguarding the security and rights of all Syrian ethnic groups.
Immediately after the fall of Bashar in early December 2024, Israel carried out intensive airstrikes across Syria on Syrian army bases and airports to destroy much of the country's military capabilities.
In tandem, the Israeli army broadened its occupation of Syrian territory inside and outside the Golan Heights, seizing the UN-monitored buffer zone in the heights before moving to snatch the Jabal Al-Sheikh area and various villages in southwest Syria.
In the last 10 years of the Bashar era, Israeli warplanes carried out hundreds of strikes against Syrian, Iranian, and Hezbollah posts inside Syrian territories.
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