Istanbul / Leith al-Junaidi / Anadolu

An Israeli force infiltrated on Saturday the vicinity of al-Samadaniya village in the countryside of Quneitra province in southwestern Syria, and set up a temporary checkpoint to search passersby, according to the official SANA news agency.

The agency said that "an occupation force consisting of three military vehicles infiltrated the vicinity of the village" and that it "set up a temporary checkpoint at the eastern al-Samadaniya junction."

It indicated that the force "proceeded to search passersby before withdrawing from the area."

It mentioned that "an Israeli occupation force, consisting of more than 15 military vehicles, infiltrated past midnight Friday into the village of al-Asha in the southern Quneitra countryside, searched a house and a feed warehouse before withdrawing from the area."

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli side regarding these incursions, which come in the context of Tel Aviv's continued violations of Syria's sovereignty.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa previously condemned these "ongoing Israeli violations that undermine the security of the entire region," calling on Israel to withdraw from the territories it occupied in southern Syria.

During a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, al-Sharaa said that "the basis of real stability requires an international commitment to compel Israel to return to the 1974 Disengagement Agreement, and a complete withdrawal from the areas it occupied after December 8, 2024."

For months, southern Syria has witnessed repeated Israeli incursions and attacks, including raids, searches, and arrests, along with the establishment of military checkpoints.

These moves escalated after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, and Israel's announcement of the collapse of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement, and its seizure of the Syrian buffer zone.