Mount Hermon, a huge cluster of snowcapped mountain peaks towering above the Syria-Lebanon border, overlooks the Damascus countryside as well as the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war.

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said today during a visit to the Syrian side of Mount Hermon that the Israel Defense Forces will remain there indefinitely, the Times of Israel reported. “The Israel Defense Forces will remain on top of Mount Hermon and in the security zone for an indefinite period of time to ensure the security of the communities in the Golan Heights and the north,

Israeli forces will remain at the summit of the Hermon and the security zone, says the regime's minister of military affairs.

Trump is reportedly planning to withdraw US troops from Syria, while Israel has said it will entrench its occupation in the country for the foreseeable future.

The IDF will remain on Mount Hermon peak and in the security zone for an indefinite period of time to ensure the security of the residents of the State of Israel'