Israeli military vehicles cross the fence as they return from the buffer zone with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. After a lightning offensive by Islamist rebel fighter ousted president Bashar al-Assad, Israel, which borders Syria, sent troops into a buffer zone east of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, in what Foreign Minister Gideon Saar described as a "limited and temporary step" for "security reasons". (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)