The Palestinian channel Al-Quds published footage on Tuesday night showing two military parades featuring the exact same slogan. The first video showed a Hamas parade in Gaza in February 2025 during the second ceasefire in the war, and the second showed a parade by Syria's new army this week marking the anniversary of the fall of Assad's regime in Damascus. In both videos, fighters from the two armies chanted, "Gaza, Gaza, bombing and destruction. I am coming to you, my enemy."
The footage joins a series of incidents indicating growing friction between the IDF and armed forces in Syria. On Monday, the IDF reported that during operations in the Quneitra area in southern Syria, a disturbance developed in which several suspects approached the forces and posed a threat to them. IDF forces initiated a suspect arrest procedure, during which they fired into the air for distancing purposes, and after the suspects did not distance themselves, forces fired at the lower body of two central instigators, and the disturbance dispersed.
Meanwhile, footage circulated on social media in recent days illustrates how significant the friction between the IDF and armed forces in Syria has become. A convoy of vehicles filled with armed fighters loyal to al-Sharaa was seen passing by an IDF vehicle, with soldiers watching the passing convoy.
About two weeks ago, an IDF force from the reserve brigade "Tip of the Spear" encountered intense exchanges of fire with terrorists in the village of Beit Jinn in southern Syria, during an operation to arrest suspects from the "Al-Jama'a Al-Islamiyya" organization who promoted terror plans against Israel. In the battle, during which air support was provided to the forces, six fighters were wounded – three seriously, one moderately, and two lightly. The IDF completed the operation successfully, all suspects were arrested, and several terrorists were eliminated.
