IDF instructed to create 'sterile defence zone' in southern Syria - defence minister
From BBC
Israel's defence minister is warning that it will not allow "an extremist Islamic terrorist entity" to threaten its borders and citizens.
Israel Katz's comments come after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) acknowledged earlier for the first time that its troops are operating beyond the demilitarised buffer zone in the Golan Heights.
In a press release, Katz went on to confirm that the Israeli military has been operating in recent days in Syria to "damage and destroy strategic capabilities" that it views as a threat.
"Whoever follows Assad's path will end up like Assad", Katz says, in a warning to Syria's new rebel leaders.
He adds that the IDF has been instructed to create a "sterile defence zone" in southern Syria "without a permanent Israeli presence".
Katz says this is to protect the residents of the Golan Heights as well Israeli citizens.
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