An Israeli soldier gives the "thumbs up" as he exits from Syria into Israeli through the border fence with Syria in the northern Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. Israel is extending is presence on the ground inside Syria following the Syrian rebel takeover of most of the country in the past days. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI Photo via Newscom Photo: JIM HOLLANDER/NEWSCOM
Israeli soldiers line up their vehicles after exiting from Syria into Israeli through the border fence with Syria in the northern Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. Israel is extending is presence on the ground inside Syria following the Syrian rebel takeover of most of the country in the past days. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI Photo via Newscom Photo: JIM HOLLANDER/NEWSCOM
Israeli IDF soldiers on their tanks parked along the border fence with Syria in the northern Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. Israel is extending is presence on the ground inside Syria following the Syrian rebel takeover of most of the country in the past days. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI Photo via Newscom Photo: JIM HOLLANDER/NEWSCOM
Israeli IDF soldiers asleep in their sleeping bags atop their Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) parked along the border fence with Syria in the northern Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. Israel is extending is presence on the ground inside Syria following the Syrian rebel takeover of most of the country in the past days. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI Photo via Newscom Photo: JIM HOLLANDER/NEWSCOM
A Israeli army convoy of small vehicles with soldiers drive inside Syria after crossing through a gate along the border with Syria in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. Israel is extending is presence on the ground inside Syria following the Syrian rebel takeover of most of the country in the past days. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI Photo via Newscom Photo: JIM HOLLANDER/NEWSCOM
An Israeli soldier waves to a jeep of soldiers exiting from Syria into Israeli through the border fence with Syria in the northern Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. Israel is extending is presence on the ground inside Syria following the Syrian rebel takeover of most of the country in the past days. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI Photo via Newscom Photo: JIM HOLLANDER/NEWSCOM
Israeli IDF soldiers embrace as they meet at the border fence with Syria in the northern Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on December 10, 2024 as commanders look over the territory. Israel is extending is presence on the ground inside Syria following the Syrian rebel takeover of most of the country in the past days. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI Photo via Newscom Photo: JIM HOLLANDER/NEWSCOM
Israeli soldiers exiting from Syria into Israeli through the border fence with Syria in the northern Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. Israel is extending is presence on the ground inside Syria following the Syrian rebel takeover of most of the country in the past days. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI Photo via Newscom Photo: JIM HOLLANDER/NEWSCOM
An Israeli soldier performs hi morning prayers atop an Armoured Personnel Carrier (AC) along the border with Syria inside northern Israel in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. Israel is extending is presence on the ground inside Syria following the Syrian rebel takeover of most of the country in the past days. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI Photo via Newscom Photo: JIM HOLLANDER/NEWSCOM
An Israeli soldier performs hi morning prayers atop an Armoured Personnel Carrier (AC) along the border with Syria inside northern Israel in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. Israel is extending is presence on the ground inside Syria following the Syrian rebel takeover of most of the country in the past days. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI Photo via Newscom Photo: JIM HOLLANDER/NEWSCOM
A Israeli jeep with soldiers about to cross from Israel into Syrian at a gate along the border with Syria in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. Israel is extending is presence on the ground inside Syria following the Syrian rebel takeover of most of the country in the past days. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI Photo via Newscom Photo: JIM HOLLANDER/NEWSCOM
(241209) -- GOLAN HEIGHTS, Dec. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone in the Golan Heights, on Dec. 9, 2024. The Israeli army has seized control of areas near the border and struck strategic weapons in Syria as of Monday, according to Syrian and Israeli sources. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua) Photo: Jamal Awad/XINHUA
(241209) -- GOLAN HEIGHTS, Dec. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone in the Golan Heights, on Dec. 9, 2024. The Israeli army has seized control of areas near the border and struck strategic weapons in Syria as of Monday, according to Syrian and Israeli sources. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua) Photo: Jamal Awad/XINHUA
(241209) -- GOLAN HEIGHTS, Dec. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone in the Golan Heights, on Dec. 9, 2024. The Israeli army has seized control of areas near the border and struck strategic weapons in Syria as of Monday, according to Syrian and Israeli sources. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua) Photo: Jamal Awad/XINHUA
(241209) -- GOLAN HEIGHTS, Dec. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone in the Golan Heights, on Dec. 9, 2024. The Israeli army has seized control of areas near the border and struck strategic weapons in Syria as of Monday, according to Syrian and Israeli sources. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua) Photo: Jamal Awad/XINHUA