Israeli Artillery Reportedly Strikes Areas Near Damascus and in Southern Syria
SANA, cited by Iran’s IRNA, reported shelling near Quneitra and Beit Jinn, along with the detention of a shepherd near Daraa; no casualties were reported in the Quneitra strike.
IRNA, citing SANA, reported Israeli artillery fire near al-Hamidiyah in Quneitra and Bat al-Warda Hill near Beit Jinn, with no casualties reported in the Quneitra incident. It also reported the detention of a shepherd near Daraa. The claims and their broader characterization as violations of the 1974 agreement could not be independently verified from the supplied evidence.
According to a report by Iran’s IRNA, citing Syria’s SANA news agency, Israeli forces fired several artillery shells at the outskirts of al-Hamidiyah in Quneitra province and at Bat al-Warda Hill near Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside on Friday. SANA reported that the strike near al-Hamidiyah caused no casualties. The report did not provide information on damage or casualties at Bat al-Warda Hill.
IRNA also reported that Israeli forces entered Wadi al-Raqad near Jملة in western Daraa with approximately nine military vehicles and detained a young shepherd who was grazing sheep. The report said he was taken to an undisclosed location.
The incidents were presented by the Syrian and Iranian accounts as part of continuing Israeli military activity in southern Syria, including artillery fire, ground incursions, arrests, alleged attacks on civilian homes and land clearing. The report described these actions as violations of the 1974 disengagement agreement and said Syria is calling for Israel’s withdrawal from the area.
The available evidence establishes only what IRNA attributed to SANA and does not independently verify the strikes, the detention, the reported troop movements, or the broader claims about violations and territorial control. It also provides no independent assessment of the strategic or humanitarian impact of the reported events.