Israeli forces kill infiltrator and raid Quneitra village in southern Syria

Israel has killed a man trying to infiltrate a military post in southern Syria and raided homes in Quneitra's al-Asbah village amid continued incursions.

• The Israeli army said it shot and killed a person who tried to infiltrate a military site in the security zone south of Syria.
• Syrian al-Ikhbariya channel reported Israeli forces raided and searched homes in Quneitra's al-Asbah village overnight.
• The channel said Israeli forces prevented civil defense teams from reaching a fire caused by flare bombs near al-Hamidiyah.
• The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights recorded 1,114 Israeli incursions into Syria since December 2024, about 640 of them in 2026.
• The raid coincided with Israeli forces resuming excavation work along the 'Sofa 53' line near the Golan disengagement line.
• Syria's foreign ministry condemned the resumed excavation on the 'Sofa 53' project as a flagrant violation of the 1974 disengagement agreement, urging Israel's complete withdrawal.
• Egypt condemned in the strongest terms Israeli violations of Syrian sovereignty, including resumed digging in Quneitra and incursions into southern Syria.
• Damascus urged the international community to take deterrent measures, calling the 'Sofa 53' construction a threat to regional stability.