Golan Heights; November 2026: The British based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has documented about 70 Israeli military incursions into southern Syria within two weeks, amid an escalation in Israeli attacks and offensives since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024.Israeli military incursions into southern Syria continue despite a high-level diplomatic meeting in Jordan in August involving Asaad al-Shaibani, the chief envoy of Syria’s ruling Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) regime, and Roman Gofman, the head of the Israeli Mossad spy agency.
SOHR has established in its report that Israeli incursions were concentrated in the southern province of Quneitra, the Yarmouk Basin and Wadi al-Ruqad areas in the western Dara’a province, as well as areas around Mount Hermon in the Damascus countryside between November 01st 2026, and November 14th 2026. The offensives involved patrols through towns and villages, establishment of temporary checkpoints, house searches and identity checks on civilians, SOHR noted, adding further that Israeli forces had blocked several secondary roads with earthen barriers.
This comes as Israeli troops stormed the town of Jabata al-Khashab in northern Quneitra on Friday (13th November 2026) night. SOHR has reiterated that the troops searched several homes, abducted three people and damaged several shops, before withdrawing on Saturday, 14th November 2026 after releasing two of the abductees. It later reported that the third detainee had also been set free.
Israeli military incursions into southern Syria continue despite a high-level diplomatic meeting in Jordan in August involving Asaad al-Shaibani, the chief envoy of Syria’s ruling Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) regime, and Roman Gofman, the head of the Israeli Mossad spy agency.
Following the fall of Assad’s government in early December 2024, the Israeli military has been conducting a series of airstrikes targeting military facilities, installations, and ammunition depots that were previously controlled by the Syrian armed forces. Israel has faced significant backlash for ending the 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria and taking advantage of the instability in the country to pursue its territorial goals. The Israeli military strikes have mainly focused on the southern Syrian provinces of Quneitra, Dara’a, and Damascus, which constitute approximately 80% of all recorded Israeli attacks.
Israeli forces have stormed into several homes and a school in Syria’s southern Quneitra province, setting up checkpoints there in yet another breach of the Arab country’s sovereignty. Israeli engineering units further continued building fortifications near the town of Saida al-Hanout in southern Quneitra.
The Sijil Center, an organization monitoring Israeli activities in Syria, recorded 395 violations by Israeli soldiers in October, up 41.10% percent from 280 in September and the highest monthly total in 2026.
Last month, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk urged Israeli authorities to “cease actions that harass or intimidate civilians in Syrian villages, including raids, restrictions on freedom of movement, detention and destruction of crops. No person may be detained absent proper basis in international law, and the important procedural guarantees under applicable international human rights and humanitarian law that protect any individual taken into custody must be fully respected".
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