Organized destruction and new infrastructure.. Israel expands its military operations in the Syrian Mount Hermon, regardless of the pretext of “Hezbollah”
At a time when Israel continues its military operations in Lebanon under the pretext of targeting Hezbollah sites, a field question arises about the nature of Israeli targets in Syria, specifically in the Jabal al-Sheikh area.
In this context, a force from Company C of the Israeli Reserve Battalion (7490) carried out an organized bombing of a Syrian military site in the region, after storming it and equipping it with explosives to completely blow it up. It is noteworthy that the official Israeli narrative is devoid of any reference to the presence of Hezbollah members, or allegations of finding weapons, or monitoring a direct threat, saying only that the operation aimed to “disrupt infrastructure in the border area.”
According to what was reported by Yair Goldblatt, a journalist specializing in security and Middle Eastern affairs, citing Arab sources, this is the third bombing of its kind carried out by Israeli forces within two weeks on the eastern side of the Syrian Mount Hermon, where the operations targeted buildings and military points previously used by the Syrian army.
These bombing operations are accompanied by engineering works to develop military roads in preparation for the winter, in order to facilitate the movement of Israeli forces on the main axis linking the Syrian villages in Mount Hermon. These developments confirm that Israeli activity goes beyond temporary, fleeting operations, and extends to preparing a field structure that guarantees the continuation of movement during the coming months and the establishment of a long-term military presence.
In lines of symbolic significance, Israeli soldiers dedicated one of the bombing operations to the memory of the Israeli dead in the October War of 1973, considering it “closing a historical circle” linked to the previous battles of Mount Hermon.
Between the pretexts declared in Lebanon and the reality on the ground in Syria, questions remain about the feasibility of destroying ancient Syrian sites that do not constitute an actual military threat, and whether these practices fall within the context of symbolic revenge and settling historical scores with dynamite, or are they a deliberate step to impose a new geographical and military reality on Syrian territory.
