Israeli troops crossed into southern Quneitra in a fresh military incursion, state-backed media reported. An Israeli patrol advanced into territory west of al-Rafid town.
Troops approached olive harvesters working in the fields, searched them and forced them to leave. The broadcaster stated that the soldiers prevented the farmers from continuing their work.
In northern Quneitra, Israeli units launched smoke grenades toward agricultural land close to Taranja village. The munitions triggered a fire in the fields, according to the official Alikhbaria TV channel.
The broadcaster did not provide details regarding the overall extent of the damage caused by the blaze. On Tuesday, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Jaba al-Khashab town in northern Quneitra to inspect passersby.
Official figures from Syria’s SANA news agency indicate that the Quneitra Media Directorate logged 125 Israeli incursions and 55 military checkpoints across the province during October.
The directorate recorded the destruction of roughly 300 olive trees in Saida al-Hanout village and west of Hanout Farm over the same monthly period.
Israeli military units have frequently entered Quneitra to set up checkpoints, search homes, detain civilians, and bulldoze farming areas.
Israel has increased its military footprint inside the buffer zone separating Syria from the occupied Golan Heights since the departure of the Bashar al-Assad administration in December 2024, pushing deeper into southern Syria in defiance of the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement.
Damascus has repeatedly called for the complete withdrawal of Israeli military personnel from Syrian land, denouncing the operations as breaches of national sovereignty and the disengagement pact.
