Israeli military incursion beyond the buffer zone in Syria
The escalation of clashes between local residents and Israeli forces indicates the growing state of direct confrontation in southern Syria
April 6, 2025, 7:56 pm

Israeli military incursion beyond the buffer zone in Syria

ضحايا جراء توغل إسرائيلي في قرية كويا جنوب سوريا

The American newspaper The Wall Street Journal revealed on Sunday that the Israeli army had breached the borders of the buffer zone in southwestern Syria clarifying that it had detained Syrian citizens under the pretext of their involvement in terrorist activities.

The newspaper quoted residents of Hameidiyah village in the occupied Syrian Golan saying Israel has established a buffer zone on our lands and prevented us from entering it and they added that the Israeli forces are advancing beyond the buffer zone in southwestern Syria.

The Wall Street Journal also quoted a statement from an Israeli officer saying that Israeli forces had detained Syrians suspected of involvement in terrorist activities.

Israel has modified the status of the buffer zone with Syria taking advantage of the developments that took place on the Syrian scene after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime on December 8 2024.

Israeli forces stormed the buffer zone in the occupied Syrian Golan which the United Nations considered a violation of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement and Israel has also declared its intention to maintain control over this area representing a direct challenge to international resolutions concerning the region.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel will continue to control the buffer zone until a Syrian force capable of implementing the 1974 Disengagement Agreement is formed.

This change has affected the stability of the region where the southern part of Syria including Daraa and Quneitra has witnessed tensions and clashes between the local population and Israeli forces.

At dawn on Thursday nine civilians were killed and others injured as a result of Israeli forces targeting the Harsh al-Jubailiyah area located between Nawa city and Tasil town west of Daraa.

The province indicated that there is a state of alert and great public anger in the region following these attacks especially in light of the Israeli forces advancing for the first time to this depth these developments increase the likelihood of direct confrontations between local residents and Israeli forces.

Earlier the newspaper mentioned that the people in Daraa province in southern Syria clashed with Israeli forces near al-Jubailiyah Dam.

The Israeli move comes after airstrikes carried out by Israeli warplanes on the airports of Homs and Hama and the research center in Damascus this simultaneous escalation indicates an integrated Israeli strategy to exert pressure on various regions in Syria amid the changing political circumstances.

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