Druze leader: We want 'to live with freedom and dignity like our people are living' in Israel.
In a video posted on X, a Druze leader is seen addressing a community gathering, urging Israel to exert its sovereignty over the territory.
“If we have to choose, we will choose the lesser evil,” he says. “And even if it’s considered evil to ask to be annexed to the Golan, it’s a much lesser evil than the evil coming our way.” He calls for the Syrian Druze to be freed from the “injustice and oppression” that was first imposed on them by the Assad regime, and which they fear will soon be imposed on them again by the Islamist rebel groups.
The IDF said that 474th Brigade Combat Team, including engineering, armor, paratrooper, and Egoz Unit forces are conducting defensive missions in the Area of Separation in Syrian territory and along the border.Israeli combat troops and engineers were “conducting defensive missions in the Area of Separation in Syrian territory and along the border,” the military revealed.
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