Israeli ground forces have conducted their “deepest invasion” into the Syrian territory to date, targeting areas in the southwestern provinces of Quneitra and Dara’a.
The incursion took place on Tuesday, merely hours after Israeli airstrikes near the coastal city of Tartus, farther upwards toward the Arab country’s northern side, Press TV reported.
The occupation troops advanced into several areas within the provinces with the support of helicopter airdrop and armored convoys.
The incursion focused on Tel al-Mal in Dara’a and the town of al-Mashara in Quneitra.
Locals reported that Israeli units had infiltrated a military site in Tel al-Mal, located on the outskirts of Quneitra’s provincial capital, where they conducted search before withdrawing.
Observers and Syrian sources have said the development has marked the farthest that the Israeli regime has advanced into Syria since 1967, when the regime occupied the country’s Golan Heights.
The invasion, they say, has even surpassed the regime’s November 2024-present escalated deadly aggression against Syria amid which foreign-backed militants overthrew the country’s democratically-elected government.
Prior to the incursion, Israeli warplanes had launched airstrikes targeting a Syrian air defense battalion near Tartus.
The new Syrian administration’s media outlet confirmed the attacks, noting that while material damage had occurred.
The Israeli military alleged that the assaults had been aimed at preventing weapons from falling into “hostile hands.”
The regime has been routinely coming up with the claim as a means of trying to justify its nearly-five-month-old escalation against Syria.
As part of the intensified attacks, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the regime’s military to prepare for potential operations to supposedly protect the Druze community in areas south of the Syrian capital Damascus, citing purported threats to the community’s safety.
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