Israeli Defense Minister Katz ordered the army to fully take control of the buffer zone between Israel and Syria

Israeli Defense Minister Katz ordered the army to fully take control of the buffer zone between Israel and Syria. In his statement, the minister said he also ordered the establishment of a “security zone free of heavy strategic weapons and terrorist infrastructure” in southern Syria, including outside the buffer zone that could pose a threat to Israel, and “to immediately prevent and suppress the resumption of the arms smuggling route from Iran to Lebanon through Syria, on Syrian territory and at border crossings.” Katz also said that the destruction of “strategic weapons“ in Syria would continue , including stockpiles of surface-to-air missiles, air defense systems, cruise and ballistic missiles, long-range missiles and coastal missile systems. Katz instructed the military to establish contacts with the Druze community and other groups in southern Syria. In this regard, a meeting was held between the head of Israeli military intelligence AMAN, Shlomi Binder, and the head of the Dru... Source: Intel Slava Z