The military said Sunday that it had taken up new positions in the buffer zone between occupied Palestine and Syria in the occupied Golan Heights as it dealing with recent developments in Syria following the seizure of the capital by Syria’s armed opposition.

Israeli occupation authorities said while the army was increasing its presence in the areas as a precaution, there will be no changes to guidelines for residents of the Golan Heights, following a fresh assessment held by the military, according to the Times of Israel.

“The IDF has deployed troops in the buffer zone and in a number of areas that are necessary to defend, in order to ensure the security of the communities in the Golan Heights and the citizens of Israel,” the military said in a statement.

“We emphasize that the IDF does not intervene in the events taking place in Syria,” the statement added, referring to the Israeli occupation forces.

Also on Sunday morning, the occupation military’s 98th Division with the Paratroopers and Commando brigades was dispatched to the Golan Heights, bolstering its already shored-up forces in the area.

On Saturday, the Israeli military said it helped United Nations forces on the Syrian side of the Golan repel an attack by gunmen, near the town of Hader, close to the border. The militants announced they had taken the border regions of Quneitra and Daraa earlier in the day.

The Golan Regional Council said in a statement that classes in Druze villages in the northern Golan Heights would be held on Zoom due to the developments, while classes in the rest of the area would go ahead as normal.

Source: Israeli media (edited by Al-Manar English Website)