Back تدخل إسرائيل في الحرب الأهلية السورية Arabic Intervención militar israelí en la guerra civil siria Spanish نقش اسرائیل در جنگ داخلی سوریه Persian ישראל במלחמת האזרחים בסוריה HE Իսրայելի միջամտությունը Սիրիայի քաղաքացիական պատերազմում Armenian Israele nella guerra civile siriana Italian Peranan Israel dalam perang saudara Syria Malay Израильское вмешательство в сирийский конфликт Russian
Israel intervened in the Syrian civil war since it began in March 2011. Israeli airstrikes targeted Iranian and Hezbollah forces. After the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024 Israel invaded Syria.
From 2011 to 2017, the official position of Israel has been that of strict neutrality. However, due to the Iranian intervention in the conflict, which began in 2013, it has become involved both politically and militarily in attempts to prevent the growing influence and entrenchment of Iranian troops and proxies throughout Syria.[1] Dubbed Operation Chess,[2] Israeli military activity in Syria has primarily been limited to aerial and missile strikes targeting facilities used by Iran and its proxy forces, especially Hezbollah, which entered Syria from Lebanon shortly after the outbreak of the conflict.[3][4] Before 2017, Israel did not officially acknowledge any of its operations within Syria, many of which have consisted of airstrikes to disrupt weapons shipments to Hezbollah personnel.
By August 2022, the British investigative non-profit organization Airwars estimated that 17 to 45 civilians were killed and another 42 to 101 civilians were wounded by Israeli airstrikes in Syria since 2013; Syrian reports place these figures much lower than other foreign actors in the conflict.[5] Between 2013 and September 2018, Israel also provided humanitarian aid to victims of the Syrian civil war, especially following the launching of Operation Good Neighbour in June 2016.
During its December 2024 invasion, Israel took control of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) buffer area.[6][7]
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- ^ "IDF official said to confirm attack in Syria: 'First strike on Iranian targets'". The Times of Israel. 16 April 2018.
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- ^ "Israeli Military in Syria & the Gaza Strip". Airwars. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ Krever, Mick (8 December 2024). "Watching with trepidation and glee, Netanyahu orders military to seize Syria buffer zone". CNN. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Israel's Netanyahu declares end of Syria border agreement, orders military to seize buffer zone". The New Arab. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.