Israeli Forces Detain Farmer in Quneitra Incursion

The Israeli army detained a farmer in the northern countryside of Quneitra, southern Syria, during an incursion on Tuesday morning, April 21. Enab Baladi’s correspondent in Quneitra said an Israeli military patrol arrested Riyad Mohammad Younes from Taranja, in northern Quneitra, where he works as a livestock farmer.

The Israeli army had earlier released Alaa Bakr after detaining him for several hours in the same village.

At the same time, the correspondent said a patrol from the military base in the Jubata al-Khashab forest reserve advanced into Jubata al-Khashab and Taranja and searched several homes in Taranja. The Quneitra Media Directorate also said an Israeli patrol carried out an incursion into Taranja in northern Quneitra on Tuesday morning.

It also raided several homes and detained one of the village’s residents before withdrawing toward its military base inside the nature reserve in Jubata al-Khashab.

Israeli army incursions in the Quneitra countryside have continued, accompanied by search operations, raids, and arrests, in addition to checkpoints set up on roads.

Previous arrest operation

The Israeli army detained two youths in the Quneitra countryside during incursions on Monday, April 20.

Enab Baladi’s correspondent in Quneitra said Israeli army forces arrested two youths from Bariqa, in the Quneitra countryside, after raiding and searching their home.

The two were identified as Nimr Shaaban, 18, and Omran Shaaban, 16. The reasons for the arrest were still unclear, according to the correspondent.

Israeli forces also released a man from the village of Taranja, in northern Quneitra countryside, after detaining him for several hours.

An Israeli army patrol also entered the village of al-Ajraf, near al-Mantara dam in central Quneitra countryside, without any arrests being recorded.

Quneitra Media Directorate said Sunday, April 19, saw field escalation marked by a series of Israeli military incursions and movements concentrated in northern and central Quneitra countryside.

A patrol of six military vehicles entered the village of Taranja. It carried out a raid targeting one of its homes, followed by the arrest of a resident who was taken to the army base in the Jubata al-Khashab reserve.

Four military vehicles also entered the village of Al-Samdaniyah, while five were positioned above the al-Mantara dam between the towns of Al-Samdaniyah and al-Ajraf.

Expanding a Base in Quneitra Countryside

Israeli army forces moved three prefabricated rooms to Eastern Tal al-Ahmar, in southern Quneitra province, on Friday, April 17.

This comes as part of the expansion work at the base established on the hill after the fall of the previous regime and the Israeli forces’ advance into the buffer zone. The correspondent added that Israeli forces had earlier shelled areas surrounding the hill with artillery rounds.

Eastern Tal al-Ahmar holds a strategic geographic position in the southern part of Quneitra province, as it lies inside the buffer zone along the barbed-wire fence.

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