{"id":131341,"date":"2025-10-23T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=131341"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:01:01","slug":"israeli-tank-shelling-rocks-village-in-syrias-daraa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/131341\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli tank shelling rocks village in Syria&#8217;s Daraa\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DARAA, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Israeli army targeted on Wednesday evening the outskirts of the village of Kuya, located in the Yarmouk Basin area in the western countryside of Daraa, southern Syria, with three tank shells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shells, launched from an Israeli position inside the former barracks base that has served as a de facto army outpost since the fall of the Assad regime, caused no reported injuries or material damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, reconnaissance aircraft were spotted flying over the area in coordination with the artillery strikes\u2014the second time this village has been targeted this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shelling triggered panic among residents, some of whom say they are preparing to flee should further attacks continue. One field source told North Press that fear is \u201cspreading like wildfire\u201d and that civilians are considering displacement to other nearby villages rather than risk renewed shellfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This incident comes after a March 25 strike on the same village killed six civilians and injured others amid an Israeli incursion and shelling campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syrian rights groups say the repeated strikes and incursions by Israeli forces into the Yarmouk Basin jeopardise southern Syria\u2019s fragile stability and violate Syria\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local observers say the Israeli presence in the al-Jazira barracks, near Ma\u2019riya village on the Golan border, serves as a strategic launch point for operations in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As civilians in Kuya reel from the latest attack, humanitarian concerns are mounting over the potential for a new wave of displacement and growing isolation of the region\u2019s border-communities under the shadow of repeated cross-border incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Mo&#8217;ayed al-Ashqar<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Editing by Jwan Shekaki <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DARAA, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Israeli army targeted on Wednesday evening the outskirts of the village of Kuya, located in the Yarmouk Basin area in the western countryside of Daraa, southern Syria, with three tank shells. 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