Israel Launches Ground Raids in Southwest Syria, Captures Several Locals

Claims ‘trafficked weapons’ were seized in multiple raids across Quneitra Israeli ground troops have carried out multiple ground raids across southwestern Syria over the weekend, including overnight raids in the Quneitra Governorate overnight Saturday, which led to the capture of multiple “suspects” who have not been conclusively identified and appear to simply be local Syrians. On Friday, Israeli troops attacked farmers near Jubata al-Khashab, first opening fire on them while they were actively farming their own land then confiscating a tractor in the area because the tractor was trying to haul away trees within the area which Israeli military bulldozers had recently knocked down. Three Syrians were captured in that incident. Israel has been engaged in deforestation in Quneitra in recent months, and farmers have reported intermittently that that has caused problems with groundwater. That is doubly difficult for them as Israeli ground troops have seized control of many of the fresh water sources in the area, preventing irrigation. Arms confiscated in IDF raid on four different sites in Syria | Image from IDF via X The raid on the tractor was just the start of this operation, though. Overnight Saturday, the IDF reported raiding at least four locations in
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