Israel has struck more than 250 military targets in Syria after Assad's regime fell in the country. The Israeli forces have obliterated dozens of fighter jets, anti-aircraft missile systems, weapons production and storage facilities, as well as missile stockpiles, Israel's Galei Tzahal Army Radio said.
Israel is "obliterating Syrian military capabilities" having hit more than 100 military targets in several areas of Syria in the past 24 hours, Al Arabiya said.
Israeli tanks have advanced beyond the buffer zone and entered several villages on the outskirts of Damascus, Al Mayadeen reports.
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) military hardware was spotted about 20 kilometers from the Syrian capital Damascus.
"Israeli tanks have advanced past the city of Quneitra and are now on the outskirts of Damascus," the agency said. The IDF equipment was stationed near the southern settlement of Qatana in the suburbs of the Syrian capital.
On December 8, the head of the Israeli Defense Ministry Israel Katz said that IDF soldiers had occupied a buffer zone located on the border with Syria.
According to the minister, Israeli tanks entered the zone in order to ensure the safety of residents of Israeli settlements on the Golan Heights. One of the main tasks of the military is to stabilize the situation in the region after opposition forces seized power in the country, he noted.
During the night, the Israeli army seized control of additional areas in the buffer zone.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned the incursion of the Israeli army into the buffer zone on the border with Syria. He called on all Middle Eastern countries to prevent further Israeli aggression in the region.
On December 9, Israel entered Syrian territory outside the Golan Heights for the first time since the October War of 1973. Israeli forces took control of the peak of Mount Hermon on the Syrian side of the border, as well as several other places that were considered important for stabilizing control over the area.