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Source: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/11/what-the-future-of-syria-might-look-like-00193792
Why Israel Moved into the Buffer Zone on the Syria Border
(Politico) Rolf Dobelli - Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin served as the head of IDF Military Intelligence from 2006 to 2010 and was one of the fighter pilots who disabled Saddam Hussein's nuclear capabilities in Iraq in 1981. In an interview on Dec. 10, he was asked about reports that Israel is also invading Syria on the ground. He replied that on the ground there is a buffer zone between Israel and Syria. This zone was created in 1974 by Henry Kissinger when he brokered the disengagement after the Yom Kippur War. The buffer zone provided a designated area where no weapons were allowed. After October 7, 2023, Israel decided that there will be no terror organization on its border with the capability to launch an attack within hours. And HTS [Hayat Tahrir al-Sham] which just toppled the Assad regime, demonstrated their ability to emulate Hamas with a surprise attack from a point of zero distance to the border. So, Israel is making sure that this buffer zone will not be taken by terrorists. When Israel will see that there is an accountable regime in Syria, a regime committed to the 1974 agreement, it will withdraw back to the lines where it started from. Any rumors that Israel is moving toward Damascus is nonsense.