The leader of the Islamist-led rebels in Syria, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, has bashed Israel for violating the 1974 armistice agreement.
Al-Jolani, who now uses his real name Ahmed al-Sharaa, led the rebel movement that seized power from President Bashar al-Assad recently.
He criticized Israel for its incursion into southern Syria this week but said that Syria was too exhausted to launch an attack against Israel.
This week the United Nations accused Israel of violating the 1974 armistice agreement after Israeli troops entered the UN-patrolled buffer zone that separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights last weekend and claimed more land, with Israeli troops now almost 25km away from the capital Damascus.
“The Israelis have clearly crossed the disengagement line in Syria, which threatens a new unjustified escalation in the region.
“The general exhaustion in Syria after years of war and conflict does not allow us to enter new conflicts.”
