Israeli forces kill 13 people in southern Syria

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : While Syrian and Israeli officials have held repeated rounds of talks, President Ahmed al-Sharaa has ruled out Syria joining the Abraham Accords, under which a handful of Arab countries have normalised ties with Israel.
41% : Since an Islamist coalition overthrew longtime ruler Assad in December of last year, Israel has conducted hundreds of strikes on Syria's military arsenal as well as incursions into the country.
40% : Israel has occupied Syria's Golan Heights, a strategic mountain plateau, since 1967, annexing it in 1981 in a move not recognised by the international community.
40% : Israel's key backer the United States has been pushing for a security pact between Syria and Israel, part of President Donald Trump's goal to shore up the fragile Gaza ceasefire with a broader Middle East peace settlement.
37% : Israel sent troops into and beyond the UN-patrolled buffer zone, which has separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights since 1974, in the immediate aftermath of Assad's fall.
33% : The Syrian foreign ministry condemned the operation as a "war crime" and accused Israel of wanting to "ignite the region".
22% : 'Territorial integrity' United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi condemned Israel's attack, calling it "a grave and unacceptable violation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity". Rami Abdul Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor, said Friday's operation was "the deadliest incursion since Israel began conducting operations outside the buffer zone in southern Syria".
19% : He recently met with Trump and warned in a UN speech that Israel's persistent attacks put the region at risk, but backed diplomacy.
14% : In June, Syria accused Israel of "abducting seven people" from Beit Jin and killing one civilian "as a result of direct gunfire on the residents". Israel accused the people of being Hamas members.

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