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Israel has also imposed what is in effect a demilitarized zone over southern Syria, including Sweida, preventing the Syrian army from establishing its authority over the region.

In its wake, Israel hardened its borders with Gaza and Lebanon, expanding outwards to establish demilitarized buffer zones.

Now, they see Israeli forces routinely moving around their own village, parts of which jut into the demilitarized zone.

Israel captured the demilitarized territory along the border between the two countries shortly after Assad fled, claiming that the agreement between the two countries was nullified by the coup.

Israel has also pointed to what it says are “daily” violations along the demilitarized frontier by Syria.