Israel will hold on to swaths of land that formerly served as a buffer zone with Syria — with no plans for exiting the demilitarized region despite international outcry.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a trip on Tuesday to Mount Hermon — the highest peak in the 155-square-mile chunk of land nabbed by the IDF following the collapse of the Syrian government this month.
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The prime minister attended a regional operations briefing with Israel Defense Forces personnel stationed on the mountain. He offered no timeline for exiting the occupied area, alluding only to a need for “another arrangement” between Israel and the new Syrian government.
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