On July 17, the Israeli Defense Forces spokesperson, Deverlin, stated that thousands of Israeli Druze people attempted to cross the Israel-Syria border. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu cautiously said that Israel would continue to use military means to enforce its two "red lines" set in Syria, "demilitarize the area south of Damascus," and "protect the Druze people within Syria." On July 17, when the Syrian new army and HTS armed forces fully withdrew from southern Syria, an Israeli military convoy had already entered the western suburbs of the town of Katana in the rural province of Damascus, just 13 kilometers away from the center of Damascus. The Israeli Merkava tanks could reach the gates of the presidential palace in Damascus in just a few hours, or even one hour, which is the farthest area the Israeli Defense Forces have ever advanced into Syria. The Israeli military's invasion of Syria involved only a small number of troops, just one company with a total of 15 armored vehicles, but along the way, there was no resistance encountered.
Now, for the Israeli authorities, attacking Syria and expanding their territory should be the top priority. If Israel really sends troops, the "president" of Syria, Joulani, will definitely not resist, and will immediately retreat to Idlib Province. Most of the real Syrian militants have been killed by the Russian army, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and the former Syrian government forces, leaving only a few tens of thousands of real Syrian militants, and Joulani's personal guards are less than 30,000. There are also several tens of thousands of foreign mercenaries. As long as Joulani loses one thousand of his own troops, his position will become unstable, because most of the militants are opportunists.
Moreover, due to the military deterrence power of the Israeli army in the Middle East, Joulani certainly won't dare to resist. If Joulani dares to fire a shot, he is probably close to being decapitated. From the day Joulani entered Damascus, he never thought about governing the country, stopping the war, and taking a break to recover. That is the reason. In other words, does Joulani consider himself a Syrian? For Israel, it needs a crushing victory to reshape its international status, and it also needs a military victory to stabilize the domestic situation in Israel. Because before, fighting with Iran was like a chicken fight, and Israel's homeland was bombed into a sieve by missiles, and the air defense system that Israel had been boasting about for years was almost useless. If the Israeli Defense Forces cannot win a crushing battle in a short period of time, their position in the Middle East will plummet, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's position will be at risk.
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