Israeli media reported Sa’ar’s comments regarding communications with Syria about the security agreement: “At the moment, the gap between us and Syria has widened, and they have new demands. Of course, we want an agreement, but we are farther from an agreement than we were a few weeks ago,” he said, accompanied by a video post.
In a related context, a senior Israeli official accused the US special envoy to Syria, Thomas Barak, of “defending Turkish interests,” affirming that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considers Barak “an element acting with hostility towards Israel,” according to his statement.
Israeli machinery penetrated the buffer zone, Quneitra, and Mount Hermon under the pretext of “creating a buffer zone” between Syrian territories and the Syrian Golan Heights, originally occupied by Israel, supported by the air force which simultaneously launched raids on various areas in Syria.
