The most dangerous development amongst Israel’s neighbors, short of the triggering of a nuclear war, is when the Netanyahu regime signs a piece of paper declaring peace somewhere. There’s apparently a ‘serial killer’ mentality that must immediately impose violence upon someone, anyone.
On Friday, June 26, the “Trilateral Framework between Lebanon, Israel, and the United States... to bring lasting peace and stability to the region” was announced. True to form and before the ink was dry, Netanyahu’s Israel escalated attacks on Syria and the West Bank from that day through today.
The IDF on Friday, as reported by Qatar’s Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, killed two people (whose bodies they have so far refused to release), and Israeli troops moved into Syria’s Daraa province. Israel claims that they have to deploy into Syria to prevent hostile groups from establishing a foothold near the Israeli border. On Saturday, the IDF said that it killed several armed men in southern Syria. On Sunday, Israeli tanks headed for the village of Abidin, where residents blocked the roads with rocks. Then, according to Syria’s state news agency SANA, Israeli forces opened up with artillery fire on the village, and military aircraft patrolled Daraa and Quneitra. On Monday night and overnight, Israeli forces received some gunfire, they reported, while operating in southern Syria, which prompted IDF return fire and a helicopter strike. New ‘forward positioning'—à la Gaza and Lebanon—is now reported. Syria’s SANA reported that Israeli forces sprayed chemical pesticides on crops in the area, and the IDF has forced Quneitra resident out of their homes as they demolish structures. New ‘forward positioning'—à la Gaza and Lebanon—is now reported.
Syria’s Foreign Ministry condemned Israeli incursions into the southern provinces of Quneitra and Deraa and artillery shelling in the area, saying the attacks “terrorized civilians” and constituted a “flagrant violation” of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. “The continued attacks undermine efforts to promote security and stability, increase the suffering of civilians in the affected areas, and risk further escalation and tension across the region,” the ministry said in a statement shared by the SANA news agency.
