IDF launches drill along northern border

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday morning launched a military exercise in the Mount Hermon and Mount Dov regions along Israel's border with Syria and Lebanon.
41% : Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee last month that the Jewish state is not expected to make peace with Damascus, as hostile forces, among them the Iranian-backed Houthis, were planning attacks on the Golan Heights.
35% : Israel's policies are aimed at "preventing the entrenchment of terrorists and hostile activities against us, protecting Druze allies and ensuring that the State of Israel is safe from ground or other attacks," he added.
30% : " Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa over the weekend accused Israel of "exporting crises" across the Middle East in an effort to divert attention from what he called "horrifying massacres" in its war against Hamas in Gaza.

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