By Jonah Davidov SEPTEMBER 9, 2026

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Syrian border on Wednesday, where he released a statement on his commitment to defending Israel from border incursions and the defeat of Iran.

“We will not allow any terror army to establish itself on our border…. We are committed to defeating the terror regime in Iran – and we will do it,” the prime minister said, overlooking Syria from the top of Mount Hermon.

“On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, we are at the summit of the Hermon, the crown of the Hermon. Damascus is here, Lebanon is there, the Syrian Golan Heights is over there, and we control the entire area from the crown of the Hermon to the Yarmouk, and from here to the Mediterranean Sea – absolute control the likes of which have never been seen before,” Netanyahu said..