Israeli military forces launched fresh ground incursions into southern Syria on Saturday, entering villages in the Quneitra countryside near the occupied Golan Heights, according to Syrian state media and local reports.

Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that an Israeli force consisting of four military vehicles entered the village of Saida al-Hanout, where soldiers spread through residential neighborhoods and searched several civilian homes.

In a separate operation, another Israeli force backed by three tanks advanced near Tal al-Dar’iyat on the outskirts of the village of al-Muallaqa before later withdrawing from the area.

The latest movements come just two days after a similar Israeli incursion into Saida al-Hanout, when seven military vehicles reportedly entered the village and detained a local resident before releasing him later the same day.

Syrian sources described the repeated incursions as ongoing violations of Syrian sovereignty and a breach of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement. Local reports say the operations have involved raids on civilian homes, arrests, and bulldozing of agricultural land across parts of southern Syria.

Tensions in the region have intensified since December 2024, when Israel declared the collapse of the 1974 separation of forces agreement following the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government.

Since then, Israeli forces have expanded operations inside the Syrian buffer zone while carrying out intensified airstrikes across the country. Various reports have said the strikes caused civilian casualties and destroyed military sites, vehicles, and ammunition depots.

Damascus continues to demand the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Syrian territory, describing the operations as illegal under international law and calling on the international community to pressure Israel to halt further incursions.