Golan Heights
The attack came just hours after a rocket assault on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has killed 12 people and left 20 others wounded.
Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations Osama Abdel Khalek announced the news Thursday.
On October 6, 1973 at 2:00 p.m. (Cairo time) the Egyptian Armed Forces launched its war against the Israeli troops bringing down Bar Lev Line (a series of fortifications).
“It is a historical fact that Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights after the 1967 war,” US State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
Syrian Air Defenses thwarted an Israeli attack on Tal al-Hara in southern Syria and shot down a number of them, Syrian state news agency SANA said.
"Arab blood is being shed in several Arab countries, by Arab hands and by foreign terrorists' hands, for the sake of a regional power that interferes into Arab affairs."
The international community's unified stance was announced at the opening session of the 30th Arab summit that kicked off on Sunday.
The 30th Arab League Summit chaired by Tunisia succeeding the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will kick off on Sunday in Tunis and will be attended by 13 heads of state.
First Undersecretary of the National Journalism Authority criticized Trump's decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights.
Macron reiterated his country's objection to the US recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, France 24 channel reported Saturday.
Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui said that his country is working with other Arab countries to tackle the repercussions of the US decision concerning the Syrian Golan Heights.
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, met Wednesday in Washington with the National Security Advisor of the United States, John Bolton.
Bahrain expressed its regret over the US recognition of the Syrian Golan Heights as an Israeli territory.
The Syrian foreign minister said the United States' recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights will lead to its isolation.
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory.
"The U.N.'s policy on Golan is reflected in the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and that policy has not changed," Dujarric said.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a decree on Monday saying the United States recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, territory that Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war.
The move appeared to give Netanyahu a boost ahead of the closely contested April 9 Israeli elections.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey will take the issue of the Golan Heights to the United Nations.
President Trump said that the United Stated should change its strategy and recognize Israel’s sovereignty over Syrian Golan Heights, a move stirred the Arab and international community’s discontent.
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