from PressTV
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has escalated territorial demands in Syria, calling for a mandatory demilitarized “buffer zone” stretching from the fringe of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights to the outskirts of the capital Damascus.
Netanyahu issued the demand in a statement released by his office on Tuesday, delivered after visiting Israeli forces wounded during a recent incursion into Syrian territory.
The raid targeted the town of Beit Jinn, where Syrian media say at least 13 civilians, including women and children, were killed. The Israeli regime claimed the operation was directed at “militants,” but offered no verified evidence for the identities of those killed.
In his address, Netanyahu insisted the zone had to include approaches to Mount Hermon, including its summit, framing the expansion of Israeli military control as a non-negotiable “security principle.”...
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