Israeli Military Expansion in Syria: A Dangerous Overreach Threatening Regional Stability and American Interests

Last month, the tragic sounds of gunfire shattered the dawn in Beit Jin, a small village in southwestern Syria. Among the casualties were five members of Qassim Hamadeh's family—two sons, a daughter-in-law, and two young grandsons. These lives were lost amid an Israeli raid justified by claims of rooting out militants planning attacks on Israeli soil. But eyewitnesses tell a different story: armed villagers defending their homes against what they saw as foreign invaders, met with tank fire, artillery shelling, and drone strikes from one of the most advanced militaries in the region. The Syrian government condemned the assault as...