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The United Nations ' special envoy to Syria said Tuesday that the Israel i military's rapid move to seize Syria n territory following the Assad government's collapse is a grave violation of a decades-old agreement that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims is now dead.
''Israeli officials defended the move as limited in scope, aimed at preventing rebels or other local militias from using abandoned Syrian military equipment to target Israel or the Golan Heights, an area occupied by Israel after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war,' the Post added. 'On Monday, more troops could be seen outside this Druze village adjacent to the border, preparing to cross.
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