Over the past few weeks, the IDF says the Paratroopers Brigade and the elite

Over the past few weeks, the IDF says the Paratroopers Brigade and the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit carried out several raids in southern Syria, following intelligence on weapons storage sites.

The troops seized and destroyed numerous weapons in the raids, including explosive devices, ammunition, mortars, and other military equipment, the IDF adds.

The IDF has described its presence in southern Syria's buffer zone as a temporary and defensive measure, though Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that troops will remain deployed to nine army posts in the area "indefinitely."