{"id":132166,"date":"2025-11-16T12:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=132166"},"modified":"2025-11-16T12:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:02:29","slug":"israeli-forces-intensify-movements-in-syrias-quneitra-with-new-checkpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/132166\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli forces intensify movements in Syria&#8217;s Quneitra with new checkpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QUNEITRA, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>An Israeli army patrol entered on Sunday the countryside of Quneitra in southern Syria, setting up a checkpoint and conducting extensive searches of vehicles and pedestrians, amid a noticeable increase in Israeli activity inside Syrian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A local source told North Press that the patrol, comprising five four-wheel-drive vehicles and approximately 25 soldiers, crossed from the Golan Heights and positioned itself near the village of Saida al-Hanout in southern Quneitra, where it established the checkpoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The source added that residents and vehicles were subjected to exhaustive searches, causing many villagers to avoid going to work out of fear of detention by the patrol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quneitra Governorate, bordering the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, has long been a flashpoint of tension between Israel and Syria. 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