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Ahmad al-Sharaa  ·  2026-07-19 00:00

Israeli forces shell Quneitra countryside, continue violations

Quneitra, July 19 (SANA)Israeli occupation forces shelled the vicinity of Abu Rajm farm in the southernQuneitracountryside with artillery rounds on Sunday evening, a SANA correspondent reported.

Four artillery shells landed in agricultural land surrounding Abu Rajm farm, which belongs to the village of Saida al-Jolan in the southern Quneitra countryside, with no casualties reported.

Earlier Sunday, Israeli forces advanced into the village of al-Samadaniyah al-Sharqiyah in the northern Quneitra countryside and set up a temporary checkpoint to search passersby. They also fired three mortar rounds and one smoke shell from their positions in the town of al-Hamidiyah toward the area between al-Hamidiyah and Salam City, with no casualties reported.

Israel continues to violate the1974 Disengagement Agreementthrough repeated incursions into southern Syria, as well as raids, arrests, land bulldozing and shelling.

According to local monitors, Israeli forces have carried out approximately 300 military operations or violations in Daraa and Quneitra provinces in recent months, including around 70 ground incursions and 28 raids. Israeli forces have established at least nine forward military positions in Quneitra, expanding control to approximately 235 square kilometers within and beyond the UN-monitored buffer zone.

Syria consistently demands the withdrawal ofIsraeli occupationforces from its territory and stresses that all Israeli measures in southern Syria are null and void underinternational law. Damascus has repeatedly called on theinternational communityto assume its responsibilities and compel Israel to withdraw fully fromsouthern Syria.