Defense Minister Katz: Israel Will Continue to Hold Security Zone in Syria, Protect Druze

Jerusalem, 26 August, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Minister of Defense Israel Katz declared that the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) will remain on the peak of Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights, within Syrian territory, and in Israel’s declared security zone in Syria that he said is “necessary to protect the Golan and Galilee settlements from threats looming from the Syrian side as the main lesson from the events of October 7.”

“We will continue to protect the Druze in Syria as well,” Katz pledged.