Israeli forces stage brief incursion in western Daraa countryside
Israeli troops entered Syria’s western Daraa region with six military vehicles, searched a home, set up a temporary checkpoint, then withdrew, SANA reports.
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AISyrian state news agency SANA reported that Israeli forces entered the Wadi Al-Raqqad area in the western countryside of Daraa, Syria, today, where they searched a residential home.
According to SANA, a unit consisting of six military vehicles advanced toward Wadi Al-Raqqad, set up a temporary checkpoint on the Wadi Al-Raqqad bridge, and entered and searched a house, remaining there for a few minutes before withdrawing from the area without making any arrests.
Israel continues to violate the 1974 disengagement agreement by conducting incursions into the rural areas of Quneitra and Daraa provinces and targeting civilians, the agency added.
Syria, for its part, repeatedly calls for the implementation of United Nations resolutions and an end to Israel’s occupation of Syrian territory, urging the international community to take responsibility in deterring these unlawful actions.
The 1974 agreement between Israel and Syria established a buffer zone, as well as two equal areas with limited forces and weaponry on either side, and called for the creation of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) under Security Council Resolution 350 (1974).
Israel expanded its military presence in southern Syria in recent years, taking control of positions east of the UN-monitored buffer zone that separates the occupied Golan Heights from Syrian territory.
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