What is the military significance of the Golan Heights? What happened to Israel’s air strikes on Syria?

The Golan Heights is of great significance to Israel.

The Middle East is an arid region with little rainfall and is dominated by deserts. Although Israel has more than 20,000 square kilometers of territory, most of it is desert or Gobi, especially the Negev Desert in southern Israel. Like the northwest region of China, it is a vast Gobi. In the north of Israel is the Golan Heights.

Now, the Golan Heights is controlled by Israel, but it is actually Syrian territory. Relatively speaking, the Golan Heights is an area with very good natural conditions in the Middle East. The Golan Heights covers an area of ??about 18,000 square kilometers, of which Israel controls about 12,000 square kilometers, and 6,000 square kilometers are controlled by Syria.

The Golan Heights is a strategically important territory located between four countries, bordering Lebanon to the north, Syria to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the west. The Golan Heights is condescending, and its west is close to Israel's famous freshwater lake, the Sea of ??Galilee, also known as Lake Tiberias. The Sea of ??Galilee is of far-reaching significance to Israel, because Israel is a country short of water and rain, and the water in the Golan Heights is collected in the Sea of ??Galilee, becoming Israel's main source of fresh water. Therefore, 40% of Israel’s domestic fresh water consumption comes from the Golan Heights.

If we take the middle of the Golan Heights as the origin, it is far away from the four major cities in four countries in the Middle East, namely Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, Damascus, the capital of Syria, Amman, the capital of Jordan, and Tel Aviv, the largest city in Israel. The straight-line distance is only about 90 kilometers. Starting from the Golan Heights, if transportation conditions are adequate, you can reach major cities in the four middle countries within an hour. Therefore, whoever can control the Golan Heights will have a clear strategic advantage.

Because the Golan Heights has strategic advantages, Israel has been coveting the Golan Heights since its founding. Israel now controls two-thirds of the entire Golan Heights, and Syria controls one-third. Among them is Quneitra, the largest city in the Golan Heights, which is very close to the Syrian-Israeli line of actual control and only a short distance from Damascus, the capital of Syria. 60 kilometers. If Israel permanently occupies the Golan Heights, it can strategically deter the Syrian capital. This is also Israel's strategic orientation in further controlling the Golan Heights.

The Israeli air strikes on Syria refer to Israel’s large-scale bombing of Syria all year round for its own interests. In 2020, Israel was the craziest. The number of times Israel used F16 and F15 to bomb Syria was: 3 times in 2016 , 5 times in 2017, 6 times in 2018, and 8 times in 2019.