Two young soldiers thwarted what the Israeli military said was an attempt by a four-man cell to plant an explosive at a post in the Golan Heights.
"When the Syrian military finished fighting in the Syrian civil war and came back to the Syrian Golan Heights, we've seen that the Syrian military acts as the host to the Shiite axis, and the way that you see that is that we identify cooperation between the Syrian military and Hezbollah," the operations officer said."We will not allow southern Syria to become southern Lebanon.
Figures are seen approaching a border fence in the Golan Heights on July 27 in this clip from Israeli military footage.In the Golan Heights, however, Hezbollah has not been directly implicated in the IED attempt, nor was Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, also known to operate in Syria."It's not that the Iranians are on the border, but they're using people in tough economic situations to do their deeds.
To Syria, the situation in the Golan Heights is a painful reminder of seemingly everlasting conflict not only at home but at a strategic border. In his latest speech, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday called the people of the disputed Golan Heights"the righteous children of Mother Syria and a thorn in the eye and throat of the occupying Zionists."
But for Israel, the status of the Golan Heights was finalized four decades ago, and it was only further cemented by the White House's decision last year to recognize the annexation despite overwhelming criticism by the U.N.'s Security Council and General Assembly. Israel's top priority now is how to best enforce its presence there in the face of an ever-evolving threat.
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