Israel redeploying troops from Gaza to Syrian frontier: Military official
The military official told reporters during a briefing that some soldiers were 'preparing to be deployed on our northern border with Syria' from Gaza, where Israel has been fighting Hamas militants since the Palestinian group's October 2023 attack.
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