The Israeli occupation forces continued their expansion into the Syrian territory, carrying out incursions into the towns of Al-Rafid in the southern Quneitra countryside and the village of Ruwaihina with tanks for several hours.
Images circulated on social media showed Israeli occupation forces crossing and freely roaming in the streets of the towns.
Syria _ Quneitra
The Israeli army is advancing with a force consisting of two tanks and a machine to the village of ruwehina in the southern countryside of Quneitra @GermanyDiplo @francediplo_AR @EUinSyria @CENTCOMArabic @USEmbassySyria @RepJoeWilson @DutchMFA @UKSyriaRep https://t.co/iamkaQ4LXm— كاترين☦️ (@Catherine_33) February 14, 2025
Meanwhile, local sources said that the Israeli occupation is exploiting the deterioration of the living conditions in the Syrian border villages, which has worsened since the fall of former president Bashar Al-Assad’s regime.
The sources reported that the Israeli occupation has been gathering data to examine the financial and living conditions of the residents in area under the pretext of offering them humanitarian aid and other local services, including electricity.
The Israeli initiative was met with categorical rejection by the Syrian towns’ residents, the sources added, attributing the stance to a belief among the Syrian locals that “the occupation’s behavior cannot carry good intentions, but rather aims to create a popular incubator that accepts its existence.”
Quneitra turns into a West Bank situation, i.e. Northeast Bank. https://t.co/dticnI2YAb
— Rena Netjes renanetjes@bsky.social (@RenaNetjes) February 14, 2025
After the collapse of the former regime, Israeli occupation forces crossed into a UN-administered buffer zone in Syria’s Quneitra province which separates Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, ending a truce agreement that had been in place between Damascus and the Zionist entity since 1974.
The occupation has since taken control of several villages in the area as well as the Syrian side of the strategic Mount Hermon and is building illegal military bases, satellite images show.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
