Spillover of the Gaza war in Syria

Spillover of the Gaza war in Syria
	Part of the 2023 Gaza war, 2023 Middle Eastern crisis, 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war, and the 2024 Syrian insurgency
	; Map of the extent of the Israeli Defense Forces' advancements into Syrian territory
Date	7 October 2023 – present
Location	Syria Golan Heights; Madinat al-Baath, Khan Arnabah, Qatana, Quneitra and the Syrian side of Mount Hermon; Israel
Result	Ongoing Iran–Israel war; 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria;
Territorial; changes	Israel captures Madinat al-Baath, Khan Arnabah, Qatana and Quneitra, as well as occupying the Syrian-controlled side of Mount Hermon, later withdraws from all of the locations except the mountain then advances back into some locations again;
Belligerents
Israel	Syrian Arab Republic; Supported by:; Iran; Popular Mobilization Forces; Hezbollah Syrian Arab Republic
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin Netanyahu; Israel Katz; Ori Gordin	Bashar al-Assad; Ali Mahmoud Abbas; Abdul Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim Ahmed al-Sharaa; Murhaf Abu Qasra; Ali Noureddine al-Naasan
Units involved
Israel Defense Forces Israeli Ground Forces; Israeli Air Force; Israeli Navy; ;	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army; National Defence Forces; Syrian Air Defense Force; Front for the Liberation of the Golan; ;
Casualties and losses
3 soldiers killed; 27 soldiers wounded; A number of Israeli Druze who crossed the ceasefire line fence were arrested in Daraa	416 killed by IDF air strikes (2024)

The spillover of the Gaza war in Syria is the impact and military engagements in Syria which are caused by the spillover of the Gaza war, and constitute a part of the ongoing Middle Eastern crisis. The conflict, originating in the Gaza Strip, has triggered regional tensions and violence, drawing Syria in through direct and indirect confrontations involving Israeli defense forces, Syrian state actors, and armed groups operating in Syrian territory.