The tension hiding behind the quiet in the Golan: "The enemy is operating anew"

Maariv reporter Avi Ashkenazi joins a patrol of combat intelligence battalion 595 on the Syrian border. Battalion commanders describe how the Syrian regime is trying to consolidate its power in urban centers, but avoids approaching the buffer zone. The soldiers identify unusual movements, such as flocks of sheep with an abnormal number of shepherds, and suspect they are attack squads or regime personnel surveying the area. The IDF is preparing for any scenario, but assesses that Syria currently lacks heavy military capabilities in the region.

Maariv reporter Avi Ashkenazi joins a patrol of combat intelligence battalion 595 on the Syrian border, amid the military tension between Israel, Syria, and Turkey. Major M., the deputy battalion commander who has completed her role after about two years, and Lieutenant A. describe the situation in the sector. According to them, the Syrian regime led by al-Julani is trying to consolidate its power in densely populated urban centers like Damascus, and avoids approaching the buffer zone. The soldiers identify unusual movements, such as a flock of forty sheep with five shepherds, and suspect they are attack squads or regime personnel surveying the area. The IDF assesses that Syria currently lacks heavy military capabilities in the region, such as artillery or tanks, and only has light means and policing squads on pickup trucks. Nevertheless, the soldiers are preparing for any scenario. The article presents the ongoing challenge of understanding the terrain and the renewed enemy, as the Syrian regime is still occupied with internal problems.