Israeli minister says war ‘inevitable’ after Syrian troops chant for Gaza

An Israeli government minister, Amichai Chikli, has stated that war with Syria is "inevitable." This declaration came in response to a video showing Syrian troops chanting slogans in support of Gaza during a military parade in Damascus. Chikli accused the new Syrian government of being a "jihadist terror" state and warned that Israel would not stand by while it grows stronger. The threat follows Israel's recent expansion of its occupied territory in the Golan Heights, where it seized a UN-patrolled buffer zone after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government.