A new security analysis reveals a rapidly escalating threat on Israel’s northern flank, warning that multiple terror groups—including Palestinian Islamic Jihad, ISIS offshoots, Houthi-linked cells, and Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya—are now consolidating operations in southern Syria with their sights set squarely on the Golan Heights. The Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs reports that these factions are exploiting post-Assad instability and the limited authority of Syria’s new regime under Ahmad al-Sharaa to establish training sites, weapons depots, and strike teams within reach of Israeli territory.

Israel has already demonstrated that it will not tolerate this buildup. On November 28, Israeli forces carried out a major overnight raid in Beit Jann, arresting three operatives who were preparing rocket attacks on the Golan. Footage from NewsX shows soldiers moving through the mountainous village, conducting surveillance scans along the border, and engaging in skirmishes with armed militants. Independent sources confirm at least thirteen Syrians were killed during the exchanges, and six Israeli personnel sustained injuries. The operation underscores Israel’s readiness to act decisively—and unilaterally—when immediate threats emerge.

But the report points to a deeper strategic concern: the ongoing flow of Iranian weapons into Hezbollah’s hands through smuggling routes in southern Syria. Despite its promises of stability, the new Syrian leadership has failed to stop the Iran-to-Hezbollah pipeline, allowing advanced rockets, drones, and explosives to cross its territory and fuel the region’s most dangerous proxy army. The terror groups now assembling in the south represent an added layer of risk, combining extremist ideology with access to weaponry funneled by Tehran.

Israel has issued a direct warning through Washington: the Syrian regime must dismantle these terror cells, halt the smuggling, and reassert control—or Israel will take action itself. With hostile factions growing bolder and the regime still unable or unwilling to confront them, Jerusalem views preemptive measures not as a choice but as a necessity for national defense.

From the Trump-aligned security perspective, this moment reflects a familiar truth: Israel’s strength and willingness to act first has always been the most effective deterrent against Iran’s network of proxies. As tensions rise in the Golan theater, Israel’s message remains clear and unwavering—terror groups will not be allowed to entrench themselves on its borders, and any regime that enables them will face the consequences.