Israeli forces destroy streets, water networks in Quneitra
We are at the centre of the Quneitra governorate in the southeastern part of Syria. Here, Israeli military tanks have made incursions into a number of nearby villages and towns. Al-Hamidiyah city is at the end of the street that I am standing on. And that’s where an Israeli tank is positioned.
Israeli tanks and vehicles have damaged the streets here. They have cut down the trees on both sides of the road and destroyed electricity poles.
The Israelis asked the residents to evacuate the cities and towns which they have entered. But when a large number of residents refused to leave, Israeli forces destroyed water supply networks and power lines in a deliberate attempt to cut off life support to these areas so that the residents would leave.
Yesterday, Israeli forces conducted a manoeuvre into an empty command centre of the Syrian military here. They passed through this road into the command centre and conducted a search operation.
According to witnesses, Israeli forces searched for weapons in these areas. They conducted their military operations with support from the Israeli air force, as every now and then we hear the sound of warplanes above.
Israel’s latest attacks
SOHR has published additional details on where the 61 Israeli attacks took place. The war monitor said military warehouses in Homs, Deraa, Suwayda and the Qalamoun mountains near Damascus were hit.
Air defences at the Hama airport were also struck, it added.
The war monitor also published footage from what it said was an Israeli attack on a military camp in the town of Ain Mneen near Damascus.
Israeli air strikes leave Homs military airport heavily damaged
The Israeli military has targeted the military airport in Homs in some of its approximately 800 attacks on Syria in the past week.
Translation: Scenes showing the destruction at Dabaa Airport in the countryside of Homs.
Israeli forces block road between Quneitra and Daraa in Syria: Monitor
Israeli soldiers have moved to block a road at the administrative border between Quneitra and Daraa near the occupied Syrian Golan Heights inside Syria, according to a war monitor.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the village of Al-Muallaqa, on the administrative border between Quneitra and Daraa, witnessed a field escalation after groups of Israeli forces entered the area and cut off the road between the village and the town of Saida, near the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
Israeli forces have taken advantage of the downfall of Bashar al-Assad to occupy more parts of Syria as they continue to launch air strikes across the country to destroy its military infrastructure.
Israel approves Netanyahu’s plan to expand settlements in occupied Golan Heights
The Israeli government has unanimously approved a plan put forward by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “promote demographic growth” in the occupied Golan Heights.
The plan comes in light of the developments in Syria and aims to double the population of Israelis living in the occupied Syrian areas, according to a statement by the prime minister’s office.
It said the plan, which received 40 million shekels (over $11m) in funding, strengthens the Israeli settlements, including Katzrin, in areas including education and renewable energy, and supports the establishment of a student village.
“Strengthening the Golan is strengthening the state of Israel, and it is especially important at this time. We will continue to hold on to it, make it flourish, and settle it,” Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu wants to double Golan Heights settlements ahead of Trump’s return to office
The Golan Heights is Syrian territory, and it was occupied by Israel in 1967 along with the West Bank, including [East] Jerusalem and the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula. The international community and international law consider it to be an occupied territory.
In 2019, Donald Trump, when he was in the White House, recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, much like he did over occupied [East] Jerusalem. There was an international uproar. This has no relevance to international law, but Netanyahu capitalized on that.
What Israel has done in the Golan Heights is restrict the ability of Syrians to build in their own communities, land grabs, building settlements, and now, they want to double those settlements.
Why? Because Trump is coming back to office and Netanyahu wants to expand control over the Golan Heights and make it permanent. He was also encouraged by the Biden administration, which didn’t change Trump’s policy on the Golan Heights.
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