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"It is better to be a well-armed country than to wait for something to happen. Because I am a soldier who remembers that weapons are the most important thing."

The SDF, which has tens of thousands of well-armed and well-trained fighters, was not aligned with either Assad's regime or the opposition during the country's 13-year civil war.

There is little sign of well-armed M23 fighters.

On top of the televised scenes of well-armed Hamas fighters parading in broad daylight, and warnings from the former US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, that the group has recruited as many soldiers as it's lost during the war, not all Israelis believe the ceasefire can – or even should – hold.

Despite the relentlessness of their well-armed adversary, they show no signs of losing their resolve.