IDF Sends Reinforcements to Syria Border as Assad Offensive Intensifies

An Israeli tank arrives at the Israel-Lebanon border from south Lebanon, 20 August 2006. A
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The Times of Israel reports: The Israeli military sent additional tanks and artillery cannons to the Syrian border on Sunday in light of a renewed offensive by dictator Bashar Assad and the Russian military against the remaining rebel holdouts in the country’s southwest, the army said.

The reinforcements were sent to the Israel Defense Forces’ 210th Bashan Division, which guards the Golan Heights, the army said. “This was [done] as part of IDF preparations and preparedness in light of developments in the Syrian Golan Heights near the border,” the IDF said in a statement.

The military vowed a “determined response” to any strike — deliberate or accidental — that hits Israeli territory from Syria. “The IDF sees great importance in maintaining the armistice agreement between Israel and Syria from 1974,” the army said.

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