Israeli forces crossed into the Wadi Al-Raqqad area of western Daraa province on Thursday morning. Syrian media reported the move as the latest in a series of similar military incursions into the southern part of the country.
Troops advanced with three military vehicles into a zone along the natural boundary between villages in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the Yarmouk Basin. State broadcaster Syria TV detailed the latest movements.
The operation followed a comparable deployment last week. Troops entered through the Abu Al-Ghaithar gate, a military crossing point on the separation line between the Golan Heights and the southern Syrian countryside, and took positions in the Ghurfat Mujahham area before withdrawing.
During last week’s withdrawal, soldiers fired indiscriminately as they pulled back. Syria TV confirmed that no injuries resulted from the shooting.
One day prior to that operation, Israeli forces blocked a side road leading to Wadi Al-Raqqad by constructing earthen berms. Another recent incursion occurred near Jamla, west of Daraa, while artillery fire struck several areas in neighboring Quneitra province simultaneously.
These actions are part of a broader pattern of military activity across the Yarmouk Basin. The pattern includes repeated entries into Wadi Al-Raqqad, the establishment of temporary checkpoints, and the searching of residential homes.
The Sijil Center, an organisation that documents Israeli military activity inside Syria, recorded 395 violations during October. This figure marked the highest monthly total for the year.
Total violations for the first ten months of the year reached 2,427 according to the centre’s data. The October tally comprised 126 military incursions, 44 temporary checkpoints, 36 raids, 30 detention incidents, and 14 artillery shelling incidents.
Recorded actions in October also included gunfire, excavation, and bulldozing. Quneitra province accounted for 285 of the documented incidents, followed by Daraa with 74 and rural Damascus with 29.
