Israeli armored forces have conducted a series of military incursions into Syrian territory near the occupied Golan Heights, according to reports from Syrian state media and local sources. The operations, which occurred in the Quneitra province bordering Israel, involved multiple armored vehicles entering several villages in the contested border region.
Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that an Israeli military contingent consisting of eight armored vehicles and three tanks advanced from Tell al-Ahmar westward into the villages of Ain al-Ziwan and Suwaisa. The military unit remained deployed within Suwaisa for approximately one hour before proceeding toward the smaller village of al-Dawaya. Concurrently, tank units entered the Tell Abu Qubays area during nighttime operations.
According to eyewitness accounts from local residents, the Israeli forces subsequently withdrew from the region without making any arrests or engaging in apparent combat operations. This incident follows a similar pattern of border incursions documented in recent months, with another Israeli military unit having advanced toward Tell Abu Qubays near Qudna city just the previous Thursday.
These military maneuvers occur against the backdrop of Israel’s continued occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights, which has been under Israeli control since the June 1967 Six-Day War. Syrian authorities characterize these border incursions as violations of national sovereignty and part of what they describe as Israel’s sustained policy of disregarding Syrian territorial integrity and the rights of local populations in the border regions.