Israeli warplanes, ground forces maneuver in Syria

Shafaq News – Damascus (Updated 6:53)

Intensive Israeli aerial activity was observed on Monday over Damascus and the Daraa and Quneitra countrysides, local Syrian sources reported.

The sources told Shafaq News that Israeli reconnaissance and fighter aircraft conducted extensive flights over these areas.

No official information has yet been released regarding the nature or objectives of the flights.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), an Israeli force carried out a limited incursion into central Quneitra countryside, where a patrol of three military vehicles entered the sector in conjunction with warplane activity. An Israeli warplane also entered the airspace of Damascus, flying at medium altitude before circling over the Damascus countryside.

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Earlier, sources told Shafaq News that Israeli forces deployed ten military vehicles in the Quneitra countryside in southwestern Syria. A checkpoint was set up along a main road.

The area often witnesses Israeli military movements inside or near the demilitarized zone established under the 1974 disengagement agreement.