02.04.2026 19:51
While continuing its attacks on Iran alongside the United States and on Lebanon, where it decided to expand its ground invasion, Israel has now launched a raid into Syrian territory. In the raid carried out by the Israeli army in the southern countryside of Quneitra province in Syria, fire was opened on civilians.
The Israeli army launched a raid in the southern rural area of Quneitra province in southern Syria.
THEY OPENED FIRE ON CIVILIANS
According to a report by Syrian state television Al-Ikhbariya, the Israeli army advanced towards the north of the village of Esbah in the southern rural area of Quneitra with a convoy consisting of 4 military vehicles and a bulldozer.
It was reported that the Israeli army established a checkpoint in the area, blocking the road with an earth embankment and opened fire to intimidate civilians. The report also stated that Israeli soldiers did not allow civilians to pass on the road connecting the town of Kevdene to Tel Ahmar al-Gharbi.
ISRAEL'S DEEPENING OCCUPATION OF SYRIAN TERRITORIES
The Israeli army occupied the buffer zone adjacent to the Golan Heights, which it has held under occupation since 1967, on December 8, 2024. Israeli forces advanced the occupation beyond the buffer zone, reaching within 20 kilometers of the capital Damascus. Following the fall of the Baath regime on December 8, 2024, Israel targeted dozens of points belonging to the ousted Baath regime in Syria and attacked many regions.
Syrian President Ahmed Shara stated that the Israeli army conducted over 1,000 airstrikes and more than 400 ground attacks on Syria from the fall of the regime on December 8, 2024, until September 18.
Israel had violated Syria's sovereignty under the pretext of protecting the Druze in the south of the country. It is claimed that negotiations for a "security agreement" between Israel and Syria are ongoing.