DAMASCUS/ ISTANBUL

The Israeli army on Monday renewed its violation of Syria’s sovereignty, staging two incursions into the Quneitra countryside in the country’s southwest.

Israeli army forces advanced toward the western side of Saida al-Hanout village in the southern Quneitra countryside, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.

A military force, consisting of three vehicles, took position in the village, while a drone flew over Saida al-Hanout to monitor the area, the agency added.

An Israeli force, accompanied by two Humvees and two personnel carriers, also moved to the top of Tel Abu Qubays hill on the outskirts of Ein Zivan village in the southern Quneitra countryside, SANA said.

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

Syrian government data shows that since December 2024, Israel has carried out over 1,000 airstrikes on Syria and more than 400 cross-border raids into the southern provinces.

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.