Israeli Incursions in Quneitra: Roadblocks and Uprooted Olive Trees

A dangerous escalation in southern Syria over the past 24 hours, as the Israeli enemy continues its incursions and imposes restrictions on civilians' movement, blocks roads, and encroaches on agricultural land, amid the silence of the authority of armed groups controlling Syria.

In central Quneitra’s countryside, an Israeli enemy patrol consisting of a tank and around 20 armed personnel pointed their weapons at a resident of al-Hamidiyah, preventing him from entering his village at gunpoint.

The patrol also stopped several passersby and prevented them from passing, while a tank remained stationed in front of the old governorate building in Madinat al-Salam, blocking the road connecting al-Hamidiyah to the outskirts of the city, a dangerous development that raises concerns about freedom of movement within the center of

Quneitra Governorate and raises serious questions about the limits of military and security control in the area.

We can no longer reach our land as we did before.

Yes, at the same time, sometimes they assault the shepherds, Some days they take them, some days they abduct them, and delay them a lot.

Not to mention that they come to us at midnight, sometimes.

It is humiliating for some people. These movements coincided with Israeli reconnaissance aircraft flying over Jasim and Tal in the Daraa countryside, and the Beit Jinn area and its farms in the Damascus countryside.

In southern Quneitra, enemy forces bulldozed nearly 13 dunams of agricultural land and uprooted around 300 olive trees in Sayd al-Hanout, threatening the livelihoods of farmers and compounding the damage inflicted on residents. Amid the ongoing incursions and attacks, male and female activists and civil society

organizations issued a statement condemning what they described as killing, displacement, abduction, and attacks on property, as well as expansion in the buffer zone and repeated flights by Israeli enemy aircraft.

The signatories called for peaceful popular and civil action in five Syrian governorates under the slogan: The Syrian south is not a stage for your elections, calling for intensified political human rights and diplomatic action, and documenting violations. As grassroots activities expand,

questions mount over the absence of an effective stance from the armed groups' authority, and Syrians' ability to turn peaceful protest into national pressure to stop violations and safeguard sovereignty and residents' rights.