Israel Shells Syrian Countryside, Fires on Homes in Golan

The Israeli military shelled the outskirts of the village of Abidin in western Daraa province on Saturday. Syrian state media reported the artillery fire targeted the village's periphery, but provided no further details on casualties or damage. Abidin is located in the Yarmouk Basin area of western Daraa, which has seen repeated Israeli shelling in recent months.

Later, Israeli forces reportedly entered the village of Sayda al-Hanout in southern Quneitra province with two tanks and military vehicles. State media stated that these forces fired indiscriminately toward residential areas, but offered no information on injuries, damage, or the duration of the incursion.

Syria's state broadcaster, Al-Ikhbariya, covered the events. The Syrian President, Ahmad al-Shar'a, stated at the UN General Assembly in September that Israel had conducted approximately 500 airstrikes and artillery attacks, over 1,200 incursions, and around 300 arrests and detentions of Syrians since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. Al-Shar'a reiterated Syria's commitment to the 1974 disengagement agreement and called for Israeli forces to withdraw to the lines of December 8, 2024, asserting that the Golan would remain Syrian territory.

Israel has expanded its military operations in Syria, advancing into the buffer zone in the occupied Golan and adjacent areas. Syria demands an Israeli withdrawal, citing the 1974 disengagement agreement, while Israel maintains its actions are for security reasons.