Israeli forces raid Syrian town in Quneitra countryside

Israeli forces raided a countryside town in Syria’s southwestern province of Quneitra on Saturday in a new violation of the Arab country, according to official Syrian media, Anadolu reports.

The state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV channel reported that Israeli troops entered the town of Jabata al-Khashab with six military vehicles accompanied by an armored personnel carrier.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army or the Syrian authorities on the media report.

On Friday, Israeli forces fired medium-caliber​​​​​​​ machine guns from the Western Tal Ahmar position toward the Eastern Tal Ahmar in the southern rural Quneitra province. No casualties were immediately reported.

Israeli forces have carried out near-daily incursions in southern Syria in recent weeks, particularly in Quneitra province, conducting arrests, setting up checkpoints, and destroying forested areas, actions that have fueled growing local anger toward Israel.

Israeli forces have repeatedly entered Syrian territory and launched airstrikes, killing civilians and destroying Syrian military sites, vehicles, weapons, and ammunition.

After the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in late 2024, Israel expanded its occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights by seizing the demilitarized buffer zone, a move that violated a 1974 agreement with Syria.