Since 1974, the buffer zone has been patrolled by United Nations peacekeepers.
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967 and annexed it in 1981.
Israeli leaders are watching events across the border in Syria with a mix of trepidation and glee, as 50 years of detente were upended in a matter of hours.
Though Israel occasionally offered treatment to casualties of Syria’s civil war, it maintained official neutrality in the conflict.
Mordechai Kedar, who specialized in Syria affairs during a 25-year career in Israeli military intelligence, said that the events in Syria were a domino effect from Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel.
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