Israeli soldiers, top left, take a new position at an abandoned Syrian military base, after they advanced from Golan to Maariyah village near the border with Israel in southern Syria, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Syrian man waves a white flag, as he approaches Israeli soldiers to negotiate with them, where they set their new position at an abandoned Syrian military base, in Maariyah village near the border with Israel in southern Syria, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israeli soldiers, top right, take a new position at an abandoned Syrian military base, after they advanced from Golan to Maariyah village near the border with Israel, in southern Syria, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Syrian man, left, waves a white flag as he approaches Israeli soldiers to negotiate with them, where they set their new position at an abandoned Syrian military base, in Maariyah village near the border with Israel, in southern Syria, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Syrian man, left, waves a white flag as he approaches Israeli soldiers to negotiate with them, where they set their new position at an abandoned Syrian military base, in Maariyah village near the border with Israel, in southern Syria, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Syrian man, front left, waves to Israeli soldiers as he approaches to negotiate with them, where they set their new position at an abandoned Syrian military base after they advanced from Golan to Maariyah village near the border with Israel in southern Syria, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)