December 12,
2024
Illy
Pe’ery
Within
hours of the fall of the Assad regime, Israeli forces were already pushing into
Syrian territory, conquering the Syrian side of Mount Hermon/Jabal A-Shaykh and
the buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that has
been in place for more than half a century. But the army were not the only ones
quick to react; so, too, was the Israeli settler movement.
Map showing the approximate locations of Israel’s military expansion
into Lebanon and Syria, with darker blue indicating the most recent
advances, created using data from satellite imagery, geolocation, and
Israeli military statements. (Ahmad Baydoun)