A member of the Syrian civil defense group, known as the White Helmets, holds up a human bone while searching for bodies at a morgue previously used by pro-government Iranian units, located near the Set Zainab shrine, south of Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A woman uses binoculars to watch smoke rising following an explosion in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Dec.18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Members of the Syrian civil defense group, known as the White Helmets, put on a truck bodies and human remains after they collect them from a morgue, previously used by pro-government Iranian units, located near the Set Zainab shrine, south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Geir Pedersen, the United Nations' special envoy to Syria, speaks to journalists in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A Syrian fighter rides his motorcycle along a highway in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Palestinian girl waits in line for food at a distribution center in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Syrians pray at the shrine of al-Sayydah Zeinab, the grand daughter of Prophet Mohammed, south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

General Security personnel stand next to a Syrian Air airplane ahead of take-off as the airport reopens for internal flights in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A woman and child walk past Israeli armored vehicles parked near the "Alpha Line" that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Smoke rises following an explosion in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Dec.18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)