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2024 Israeli invasion of Syria

military invasion by Israel into Syria following the fall of the Assad regime

On 8 December 2024, after the fall of the Assad regime, Israel's armored units entered Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. They came in through the central countryside of the Quneitra Governorate with artillery fire.[11][12]

2024 Israeli invasion of Syria
Operation Bashan Arrow
Part of the Syrian civil war, Middle Eastern crisis, spillover of the Israel–Hamas war in Syria, Arab–Israeli conflict, and the fall of the Assad regime

  • (as of December 9)
  •   Controlled by Syria
  •   Occupied by Israel
Date8 December 2024 – present
(3 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Syria
Status

Ongoing

Belligerents
 Israel
 Syria[1]
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel Katz
Ori Gordin		 Ba'athist Syria Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali (December 8–9)
Mohammed al-Bashir (December 9–present)
Units involved

 Israel Defense Forces

 Syria Armed Forces[a]

Syrian opposition Syrian transitional government

Strength
2 brigades (6,000 – 10,000 troops)[7] Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
Material losses: Multiple military sites destroyed as well as ground, air and naval assets.
6 Syrian civilians killed (by December 8)[8][9]
A number of Syrian civilians arrested[8][10]

After the fall of Damascus, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that since the Syrian Arab Army had left its positions, the 1974 border agreement with Syria was not active anymore. They did this to prevent any possible threat in Syria and Netanyahu ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to take over the Purple Line.[13][14]

The Israeli Air Force and Navy began strikes on military targets across Syria in an operation named Operation Bashan Arrow.[15][16]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Israeli incursion limited to abandoned Syrian Arab Army (SAA) posts on the border. However, Israeli airstrikes targeting SAA facilities have killed opposition personel that had moved into the facilities following the collapse of the Ba'athist government
  2. ↑ Villages Israel has invaded along the border were under the control of the Southern Operations Room (SOR)

References

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  1. ↑ "Syria latest: Rebel fighters ordered to leave cities - as leader to name Assad officials wanted for torture". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
  2. ↑ "Israeli army begins plan to destroy Syrian Navy after near destruction of Syrian Air Force: Amal Shehadeh". LBCIV7. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
  3. ↑ "Why is Israel bombing Syrian airbases?". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
  4. ↑ "Israeli Navy destroys Syrian Fleet in Latakia". Naval News. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
  5. ↑ "IDF Temporarily Seizes Control of Syrian Side of Mount Hermon As Regime Falls". Crown Heights. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Fabian, Emanuel (10 December 2024). "350 strikes, targeting most arms stockpiles in Syria: IDF airs clip of its bombing spree". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. ↑ McKernan, Bethan. "Hezbollah's war with Israel left the Assad regime fatally exposed". The Guardian.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Amid military escalation: Israeli forces invade Al-Qunaitrah countryside, shoot young man dead and arrest civilians". SOHR. 8 December 2024.
  9. ↑ Syria Liveuamap. Retrieved from https://syria.liveuamap.com/
  10. ↑ "Rif Dimashq | Young man shot dead by Israeli forces in western Rif Dimashq - The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". 11 December 2024.
  11. ↑ "قصف إسرائيلي على تل أيوبا في ريف القنيطرة الأوسط بسوريا". دار الهلال (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  12. ↑ Fabian, Emanuel (9 December 2024). "Reports claim Israeli tanks crossing into Syria buffer zone". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  13. ↑ Krever, Mick (8 December 2024). "Watching with trepidation and glee, Netanyahu orders military to seize Syria buffer zone". CNN. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  14. ↑ "Israel's Netanyahu declares end of Syria border agreement, orders military to seize buffer zone". The New Arab. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  15. ↑ Fabian, Emanuel (10 December 2024). "IDF: We struck 320 Syria targets since Assad's fall, taking out over 70% of army's capabilities". Times of Israel. Retrieved 10 December 2024. The name of the operation to destroy the former Assad regime army's weapons is dubbed "Bashan Arrow" within the military, after the biblical name for the region in the Golan Heights and southern Syria.
  16. ↑ "About 80% of Syrian military capabilities destroyed, IDF estimates; Netanyahu reaches out to new regime". Ynetnews. 2024-12-10. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
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