According to local sources cited by the state news agency SANA, an Israeli force, consisting of two Hilux pickup trucks and a Hummer military vehicle, entered the villages of Bir Ajam and Bariqa al-Qadima, in southern Quneitra, where they conducted operations in the surrounding area.

During the raid, the occupying forces launched smoke grenades at an old, abandoned military post located east of the village of Bariqa, but no casualties or material damage were reported.

In western Daraa, the mayor of the villages of Abidin and Maariya, Muwaffaq Mahmoud, stated that Israeli units infiltrated the area between the two villages, where they established a temporary checkpoint, causing panic among residents and restricting their freedom of movement.

The incursions come a day after Israeli forces advanced on several villages north and south of Quneitra, actions that Damascus says are part of a systematic policy of aggression.

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