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The Israeli army announced this Sunday thatDeployed troops within the demilitarized zone of the occupied Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, as well as “in other places necessary for their security” after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.

“In assessing the situation following recent events in Syria, including the entry of military forces into the buffer zone, the IDF has sent troops to the buffer zone and other places necessary to protect it in order to “to ensure the safety of the Golan Heights communities and the citizens of Israel,” military statement indicated.

The report came shortly after activist network Daraa24 assured that Israeli forces had entered the Syrian town of Al-Baath after “Unknown persons opened fire on the patrol” in the Golan Heights, which the army has not confirmed.

“We emphasize that the Israeli army “does not interfere in internal events in Syria”, The forces identified in the brief statement followed the fall of the Damascus regime to rebel and Islamist groups.

Israeli forces “will continue to operate as long as necessary to protect the buffer zone and protect Israel and its civilian population,” they emphasized.

The Israeli army transferred the 98th division to the border with Syria. along with the parachute brigade and command brigade, according to official Army radio.

Israeli forces attacked the “buffer zone” today near the Quneitra area to strengthen the border, according to the outlet, which also reported that classes in Druze villages in the Golan Heights – a territory occupied by Israel in 1967 and annexed in 1981 – were suspended for the time being.

Israel, which has been moving troops to the Syrian border since Friday, yesterday announced “assistance” to UN forces after record an attack by armed men near one of their positions in Hadera (Syria), near the Golan Heights.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar confirmed that Israeli troops “entered the buffer zone on the Syrian side of the border with Israel” after attacks on UN militants.

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They refer to United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)deployed as a peacekeeping mission in this buffer zone between the Syrian Golan Heights and the territories occupied by Israel since 1974.

(EFE)