{"id":191633,"date":"2024-12-09T18:08:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T18:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/egypt-accuses-israel-of-exploiting-power-vacuum-after-seizing-golan-heights-buffer-zone\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T18:08:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T18:08:04","slug":"egypt-accuses-israel-of-exploiting-power-vacuum-after-seizing-golan-heights-buffer-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/egypt-accuses-israel-of-exploiting-power-vacuum-after-seizing-golan-heights-buffer-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt accuses Israel of ‘exploiting power vacuum’ after seizing Golan Heights buffer zone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israeli troops have seized a demilitarised buffer zone in the Golan Heights in a move that has been criticised by Egypt and Qatar.<\/p>\n

Israel<\/strong><\/a>‘s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his forces had entered the 155-square mile area after a rebel advance ended Syrian<\/strong><\/a> President Bashar al Assad’s rule<\/strong><\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The zone was established by a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Syria in 1974.<\/p>\n

Mr Netanyahu said the 50-year-old deal had collapsed and Syrian troops had abandoned their positions in the zone, necessitating the Israeli takeover as a “temporary defensive position”.<\/p>\n

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It came as Egypt<\/strong><\/a>‘s foreign ministry condemned the seizure of the buffer zone and accused Israel of “exploiting the power vacuum\u2026 to occupy more Syrian territories and create a fait accompli in violation of international law”.<\/p>\n

Cairo called for the United Nations Security Council to take “a firm position towards the Israeli aggression on Syria”.<\/p>\n

Qatar<\/strong><\/a> also condemned the seizure, with its foreign ministry calling it a “dangerous development”.<\/p>\n

The Israelis captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six-Day War, fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states, primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, and they later annexed it.<\/p>\n

The whole international community, apart from the United States, considers the strategic plateau to be occupied Syrian territory.<\/p>\n

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Speaking from Mount Bental, an observation point in the Golan Heights near the Syrian border on Sunday, Mr Netanyahu said the Assad regime fell as a “direct result of the blows we have inflicted on Iran and Hezbollah”.<\/p>\n

Israel carried out attacks on Iran and the Lebanese militant group this year as fears grew the war in Gaza would spiral into a much wider regional conflict.<\/p>\n

In his comments on Sunday, Mr Netanyahu said Tehran and Iranian-backed Hezbollah were the “main supporters of the Assad regime”.<\/p>\n

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‘Octopus’s arms are being severed’<\/strong><\/p>\n

He was joined by his defence minister Israel Katz who said the fall of the Assad regime was a “severe blow” to the “Iranian-axis of evil”.<\/p>\n

Mr Katz added: “The octopus’s arms are being severed one by one.”<\/p>\n

Israel’s military later warned residents of five southern Syria communities to stay home for their safety as it took control of the buffer zone.<\/p>\n

Following the success of the Syrian rebel offensive, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said his country has a “special concern” that Israel is “using this situation” to its advantage.<\/p>\n

The agreement that demarcated the buffer zone was reached after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which started when Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel.<\/p>\n

United Nations peacekeepers have patrolled the demilitarised buffer zone since 1974.<\/p>\n

Read more: <\/strong>
Who is the Syrian rebel leader?<\/a><\/strong>
How Syrian rebels ended 54 years of Assad rule<\/a><\/strong>
Israel ‘more optimistic’ on prospect of Gaza hostage deal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Israel’s foreign minister said on Monday the country’s military has struck suspected chemical weapons sites and long-range rockets in Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime.<\/p>\n

Gideon Saar said the attack was carried out to stop the weapons from falling into “the hands of extremists”.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, US forces have carried out dozens of airstrikes on Islamic State targets in central Syria, according to American officials.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the US Central Command said the strikes were aimed at ensuring Islamic State does not take advantage of the situation in Syria.<\/p>\n

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Syrian rebels said they had captured the country’s capital Damascus and ousted Mr Assad’s regime on Sunday after a lightning offensive that lasted just over a week.<\/p>\n

The rebel forces seized military bases, toppled regime statues, freed prisoners and captured major cities as they brought an end to the Assad dynasty’s 54 years of rule.<\/p>\n

Mr Assad and his family arrived in the Russian capital Moscow on Sunday as Syrians took to the streets to celebrate the successful rebel offensive.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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