Several incidents have taken place on the
Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line during the
Syrian Civil War, straining the
relations between the countries. The incidents are considered a spillover of the
Quneitra Governorate clashes since 2012 and later incidents between Syrian Army and the rebels, ongoing on the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan and the Golan Neutral Zone and the
Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian Civil War. Through the incidents, which began in late 2012, as of mid-2014, one Israeli civilian was killed and at least 4 soldiers wounded; on the Syrian-controlled side, it is estimated that at least ten soldiers were killed, as well as two unidentified militants, who were identified near
Ein Zivan on Golan Heights.
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– On 12 November 2012,
Israeli prime minister
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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said "we are closely following the events and will respond accordingly," and that Israel "won't allow its borders to be breached or its citizens to be fired upon."
On 6 January 2013, it was reported that Israel would be building an improved security fence in the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied and Syrian-controlled zones of the Golan Heights. Netanyahu stated that the Syrian army had largely "backed off" from the area, leaving it in control of "global jihad operatives" and that the fence would protect the "Jewish state" from "infiltrations and terror". An Israeli security official stated that around of the fence had already been completed, with approximately remaining.
On 30 March 2018, Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces,
Gadi Eizenkot
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, confirmed in an interview with
Maariv
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that the
Israeli Air Force
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continued to conduct operations in Syria since the
February 2018 Israel–Syria incident
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.
On 22 May 2018, during a conference in Herzliya, a senior
Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defens ...
officer said that Israel continued to strike targets in Syria since the
May 2018 Israel–Iran incidents.
German Magazine Contra questioned the occurrence of the attack alleging that "Israel has insisted that the S-300s wouldn't interfere with its ability to attack Syria, but in the space of over a month since then, not a single media report on such an attack has been made".
– On 18 September 2018, after the downing of the Russian IL-20M,
Vladimir Putin
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attributed it (sic) to a "chain of tragic circumstances" and denied that the IDF was involved in the crash.
– On 13 November 2012, the Syrian government, through the
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), pledged to halt firing toward Israeli territory.
Syrian opposition – Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported that the
Free Syrian Army released a statement accusing Israel of attempting to "aid Assad's criminal regime" by firing into Syria.
See also
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Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
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Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon
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Syrian–Turkish border clashes during the Syrian Civil War
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Timeline of the Arab–Israeli conflict
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