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Mourners praying over the coffin of a disabled Syrian killed by Israeli fire following an incursion in the village of Jamla, Daraa province, Thursday. (AFP)
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Man with disability killed by Israeli fire in Syria: report

Syria said a man with a disability was killed Thursday by Israeli fire during an incursion in the country's south where Israel has stepped up operations.The Israeli military has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria and conducted frequent incursions into its territory since authorities toppled longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024."A civilian with a disability was killed Thursday by fire from the Israeli occupation forces during their incursion into the village of Jamla" in Daraa province, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.Israeli forces entered a neighbourhood and placed snipers on the rooftops after bombing the area late on Wednesday, the report said.Syria condemned "in the strongest terms the Israeli occupation forces' crime", a foreign ministry statement said, adding that "targeting civilians is a grave violation" of international law."Continued incursions and attacks on Syrian citizens are a violation of the sovereignty" of Syria and "a threat to the security and stability of the region", the statement added, while urging the international community to compel Israel "to respect the rules of international law".After Assad's ousting, Israel sent troops into a UN-patrolled buffer zone that had separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the partially Israeli-occupied Golan since 1974.It has also carried out repeated incursions deeper into Syrian territory, sometimes seizing residents, and has vowed to keep troops in a so-called "security zone" in southern Syria, where it wants to create a sweeping demilitarised area.In recent days, Israeli forces have also uprooted olive groves in south Syria's Quneitra province, SANA reported.Trees were destroyed across an area of about 1.3 hectares by the village of Saida, SANA said.The village faces the buffer zone where the Israeli army has been building fortifications."Tanks entered my land without any warning," Mohammad Ali al-Shaghla, 58, the owner of the field, told AFP."They cut down and destroyed some 400 trees during their incursion."Syria last week condemned "the intensification of incursions by the Israeli occupation" in Quneitra and Daraa provinces.Despite the tensions, Syria and Israel have held negotiations as they seek to reach a security agreement, but Israel remains distrustful of Syria's authorities. 

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Israeli Occupation Forces intrude into Syrian territory, detaining 6 people

The Israeli occupation forces renewed their incursion into Syrian territory on Sunday, detaining six people.The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said that the Israeli forces detained these young men from the Daraa governorate as they were searching for wild mushrooms in farmlands near the town of Qudna, in the southern Quneitra countryside.SANA added that the occupation forces transferred the detainees to the Tal Al Ahmar Al Gharbi military base, with no information available regarding their fate or the reason behind their detention.The Israeli forces, driving four military vehicles, also carried out an incursion into Saida Al Hanout village in southern Quneitra countryside, where it detained a local young man.

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Israeli forces carry out incursion in Saida Al-Hanout village in Quneitra Countryside, Southern Syria

Israeli forces carried out an incursion into Saida Al-Hanout village in southern Quneitra Countryside. A unit consisting of 11 military vehicles entered Saida Al-Hanout and constructed a barrier at the village entrance. The forces withdrew shortly afterward, SANA News Agency reported.Last Monday, Israeli occupation forces entered the village of Saida Al-Hanout with five military vehicles, then withdrew shortly after.Israeli forces continue their aggressions against Syrian territory, in violation of the 1987 disengagement agreement, international law, and United Nations resolutions. Syria condemns these aggressions and calls on the international community to take a firm stand to stop them.