Israel says it plans to double population in Golan Heights - NBC News
6 days ago · The decision to expand the Israeli population in the Golan Heights comes after Netanyahu's office said Thursday that the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria had “created a vacuum on ...
Syrian villagers near the Golan Heights say Israeli forces are …
2 days ago · Israel seized a swath of southern Syria along the border with the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights shortly after Syrian President Bashar Assad was ousted by rebels on Dec. 8.. The capture of the buffer zone, a roughly 400-square-kilometer (155-square-mile) demilitarized area in Syrian territory, has sparked condemnation, with critics accusing Israel of violating a 1974 ceasefire and exploiting ...
Israel to expand Golan Heights settlements after fall of Assad - BBC
6 days ago · Israel's government has approved a plan to encourage the expansion of settlements in the occupied Golan Heights. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move was necessary because a "new front ...
Israel approves plan to surge settler population in occupied Golan Heights
6 days ago · The new plan is only for the portion of the Golan Heights that Israel has occupied since 1967. In 1981, Israel’s Knesset moved to impose Israeli law over the territory, in an effective annexation.
Israel grabs land in Syria’s Golan Heights, warns villagers to stay ...
Dec 8, 2024 · Israel has “seized” territory in Syrian-controlled areas of the Golan Heights, as its military warned Syrians living in five villages close to the Israeli-occupied portion of the...
Separated for decades, Assad's fall spurs hope for families split by ...
3 days ago · When Israel seized the strategic Golan Heights from Syria in 1967, many families were separated by a buffer zone created between the Israeli-controlled region and the rest of Syria. Some families in Majdal Shams, a mountain town populated by members of the Druze religious community, haven’t seen their loved ones in decades.
Golan Heights: Israel army prepares to stay on Mt Hermon for …
Dec 13, 2024 · The Golan Heights is a plateau about 60km (40 miles) south-west of Damascus. Israel seized the area from Syria in the closing stages of the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed it in 1981.
What is the Golan Heights and who controls it? | Israel-Palestine ...
Jul 29, 2024 · Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah are locked in a tense standoff after a rocket attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams killed at least 12 people, many of them children playing football, and...
Children and teens among 12 dead in Golan Heights attack that Israel …
Jul 27, 2024 · At least 12 people, including children, were killed when a rocket hit a village in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights Saturday, Israeli officials said, in an attack that has raised fears of...
Hezbollah, Israel and the Golan Heights: What is happening? - BBC
Jul 29, 2024 · A deadly strike on a playing field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has sharply escalated fears of a new war in the region. Israel says the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group was...