Israeli forces will continue to operate in southern Syria
The Israeli army says it intends to continue operations in southern Syria in order to “remove any threat” posed to its citizens.
A military statement claimed troops located three anti-tank munitions and two land mines in the area. Israeli forces killed a Syrian man in southern Syria on Sunday.
Construction of Israel’s Sufa 53 military line in Syria is continuing. It is a road, berm and trench that Israel has been building in the Quneitra governorate since 2022.
Turkiye, Qatar, Jordan and Kuwait have condemned Israel’s illegal occupation and expansionism.
Ibrahim Olabim, Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, told the UN Security Council last month that Israeli aggression poses “the greatest threat facing the stability of the entire region, not just Syria”.
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Situation in southern Syria worsening due to Israeli expansion
Israeli forces killed 22-year old Syrian-Palestinian Muhammad Abu on Monday night after opening fire at farmers in Hamida in the Damascus countryside. Israeli forces said the man was shot as he approached its army position inside Syrian territory.
The situation in southern Syria remains quite tense as Israeli forces expand military operations. Israel has spent the last year and a half significantly expanding the territory that it is taking control of by force, beyond the established buffer zone.
The Syrian government says it wants the Israeli forces to withdraw to the border zone established in 1974, but the Israelis are expanding control instead of retreating.
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