{"id":949562,"date":"2024-12-16T13:35:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T11:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch10.co.il\/?p=949562"},"modified":"2024-12-16T13:35:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T11:35:58","slug":"%d7%94%d7%a4%d7%a8%d7%a9%d7%9f-%d7%a6%d7%91%d7%99-%d7%99%d7%97%d7%96%d7%a7%d7%90%d7%9c%d7%99-%d7%9e%d7%a1%d7%91%d7%99%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%94-%d7%94%d7%95%d7%91%d7%99%d7%9c-%d7%9c%d7%a0%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%9c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch10.co.il\/en\/news\/949562\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentator Zvi Yehezkeli explains what led to the fall of the Assad regime so quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"Zvi Yehezkely, the reporter and Arab affairs commentator for the i24news channel, explains how the rebels in Syria easily managed to overcome the Assad regime - and claims that it was a meticulous plan. "It all started with the first organization in Aleppo, where Assad realized that everything was over. We were waiting for this rebellion to end at the entrance to Damascus in his palace, but the story ended in Aleppo, the escape plan was prepared, those who remained were massacred and Assad fled to everyone. Even within the Alawite community, they renounced Assad," Yehezkely said in an interview with 103FM. "The rebels did not come from outside, they came from within Syria, they know these people. Right now it was clear that if Assad deserted, they would not fight for him. How would Hezbollah fight? They have been at funerals all day, they have no power at all. The Iranians let them escape, they did not fight them. It was already lost." According to him, the turning point was the departure of Hezbollah fighters from Syria for the war against Israel, and the blows the organization has suffered in recent months: "The ceasefire was the point at which they realized with Julani that it was time. What gave the signal was the breaking of the Shiite axis, that Israel had finished off Hezbollah." He added: "Don't forget that the military commanders of the Free Syrian Army are former Assad officers. These defections are what ultimately made the story. There may be a Turkish, Russian, Israeli understanding. Now the Turks are returning to their big dream." Yehezkeli believes that the current situation has improved Israel's situation. "The previous situation in which Iran sent emissaries here, the situation today is many times better for you. Israel changed the course of Islam here. We prevented the Shiites from taking the inheritance from the Sunnis." However, he emphasizes: "We didn't finish it, we just postponed it." "Iran is next," he clarified. "Even if Jordan falls, there's nothing we can do, it's 70 percent Hamas. Jordan is Hamas and it's knocking on Abdullah's door. I wouldn't cry if Jordan fell. I think what would happen in Judea and Samaria is our temporary failure to see the Nuhba in Tulkarm." Regarding Hezbollah, Yehezkeli claimed: "If Nasrallah had entered with all his force, the ammunition and the tunnels that we didn't detect, and we thought he was deterred, do you know what would have happened to Rosh Pina, Tiberias and Kiryat Shmona? We were saved by a huge miracle that Hamas jumped in ahead of time.".\r\n\r\n