2026-06-29T06:15:32+00:00
Shafaq News- Daraa
Israeli forces attacked the village of Abideen in
Syria’s southern Daraa province and pushed ground troops across the frontier, damaging homes and farmland and forcing residents to flee to neighboring towns.
According to the Syrian state news agency (SANA), the raid came from al-Jazira, an Israeli military post
just inside Syrian territory. As armored vehicles advanced, residents blocked
the roads into Abideen with stones to keep them out; Israeli troops responded
with gunfire and illumination flares over the Yarmouk basin before withdrawing.
Hours earlier, soldiers had briefly occupied a nearby hill, pitching tents
before abandoning the position. Israeli warplanes and helicopters continued to
circle over Daraa and the neighboring Quneitra province through the day.
Syria’s Foreign Ministry condemned the operation as a
violation of the country’s sovereignty and a breach of the 1974 Agreement on
Disengagement of Forces, the UN-brokered truce that has separated Syrian and
Israeli troops along the occupied Golan Heights since the 1973 Arab-Israeli
war. It warned that the repeated incursions risk wider escalation and called on
the United Nations to enforce the agreement.
Israeli forces have steadily expanded their presence
across southern Syria since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad in December
2024, moving into a buffer zone that had separated the two sides for half a
century. SANA reported that Israeli troops have established nine forward
positions inside Syrian territory, on Mount Hermon and in villages including
al-Hamidiyah and al-Adnaniyah, and dug a fortified trench known as “Sofaa
Line 53” along the old separation line, cutting farmers off from their
land.
The ministry also pointed to earlier abuses in
Quneitra, including the detention of 47 Syrians and the demolition of 16 homes
in the village of al-Hamidiyah after residents were forced out.
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