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Israel has every right to fight back against those who attack them. They have no obligation whatsoever to just sit back and take it. When terrorists attack them and rape, torture, and murder their women and children, you had better believe that they have every right to put a stop to such attacks.

Of course, that is in relation to Hamas.

In Syria, they have a vested interest in making sure that terrorists don't get access to materials that can be used to attack them.

So terrorists ought to be free to attack citizens in other countries?

Revenge is not the answer.

I don't believe anyone has said this. You're relying on a dishonest strawman because you don't have any honest argument to rely upon.



Tell that to Israel. Israel consistently responds with disproportionate force that's intended to impose collective punishment, but somehow that's supposed to be overlooked because they're the designated good guys.

This word Terrorists is used pretty freely

Israel ordered troops Friday to prepare to remain throughout winter on Mount Hermon — a strategic peak inside a buffer zone that has existed for decades with Syria but which Israeli forces have seized in the wake of the Assad regime's collapse.

It was the latest sign that Israel may maintain a presence in Syria for a prolonged period, defying international pressure to halt its advances and airstrikes as the world hopes to secure a peaceful transition in the country.

On Friday crowds massed in central squares across Syria to celebrate the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, urged on by the head of the Islamist group who led the stunning rebel advance

Israel to keep troops on Mt Hermon
Israel has said that its actions in Syria are temporary and defensive, but backlash has grown over what United Nations chief António Guterres on Thursday called “extensive violations of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity" as he urged Israeli forces to withdraw from the buffer zone.

He also expressed concern over hundreds of Israeli strikes on locations across Syria following the toppling of the Assad regime, which Israel has said are aimed at preventing the regime’s arsenal falling into the hands of militants.

“Due to what is happening in Syria, there is a huge security importance to our holding of the Hermon peak and everything must be done to ensure the IDF’s preparations in the area, to allow the troops to stay there in the difficult weather conditions,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement Friday.

He shared a photo on X that he said showed him with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overlooking Mount Hermon with binoculars, saying the site had "returned to Israeli control after 51 years."

"An exciting historical moment," he wrote.

Netanyahu's office has said that the collapse of the Assad regime "created a vacuum on Israel’s border and in the buffer zone," which was established as part of a ceasefire between the countries following the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.

"Israel will not permit jihadi groups to fill that vacuum and threaten Israeli communities on the Golan Heights," his office said.

Israel occupied and later annexed the Golan Heights after the 1967 Mideast war, a move not recognized by most of the international community.

At over 9,000 feet, Mount Hermon stands as the highest peak in the eastern Mediterranean coast. Israel has drawn swift backlash over its seizure of the area in the past week, with critics accusing the country of exploiting the situation with a land grab.

In Syria, tens of thousands gathered across the country for mass rallies celebrating Assad's ouster after worshippers gathered for the first Friday prayers since his family's 50 years of brutal rule was brought to an end.

Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of the main rebel group that ousted Assad, called on Syrians in a video message to "take to the squares to celebrate the victory."

But he urged revelers to celebrate without firing bullets or causing a commotion "so that we can then move on to building this country."

Deadly strikes continue in Gaza
Concerns over Israel's actions in Syria come as Israeli forces also continued their campaign in Gaza, where Palestinian health officials said dozens of people were killed in an assault on the Nuseirat refugee camp on Thursday.

Dr. Marwan Al-Hamas, Director of the Field Hospitals in Gaza, told NBC News that at least 36 people were killed and 43 injured after Israeli forces struck a post office building and several homes in the area in central Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces said it was targeting a "senior terrorist in the Islamic Jihad" whom it said was "responsible for leading terror attacks against Israeli civilians an IDF troops."

The IDF said an initial inquiry suggested that "secondary explosions" occurred due to numerous weapons in the area. The IDF did not provide evidence for the claim and said it was reviewing reports of casualties related to the strike.

Video captured by NBC News' crew in Gaza showed harrowing scenes of people being rescued from a mass of rubble.

Netanyahu's office has said that the collapse of the Assad regime "created a vacuum on Israel’s border and in the buffer zone," which was established as part of a ceasefire between the countries following the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.

"Israel will not permit jihadi groups to fill that vacuum and threaten Israeli communities on the Golan Heights," his office said.

He makes a great point there. If there is a power vacuum, someone is going to fill it and you don't want whoever fills it to be your sworn enemies.

This word Terrorists is used pretty freely ..by most gov. that are familiar propaganda . To Lebanese, Syrian ,
Palestinians , am quite sure consider the Israelis terrorists . Lebanon never even got to fire a shot ..?
So what sort of retaliation should they have against Israel , and all the deaths they caused ...targeting children aswell.
It will most likely be the type that only the Israeli deserve/ caused, will be generational hate . Theyhave doomed their population and their childrens, children to a long term hostility. From its surrounding countries.. Thank you
Mr Netanyahu

He makes a great point there. If there is a power vacuum, someone is going to fill it and you don't want whoever fills it to be your sworn enemies.

That implies that there's some power that could fill the void that would be acceptable to Netanyahu/IDF, the reality is that it's just another excuse, if they felt this strongly, they could always have intervened to help prop Assad up.

I swear, some of you people are just going to continue being Israel's lapdogs until they decide that Washington D.C. is part of greater Israel and as such, the Israelis are entitled to it.