Israeli forces abducted a resident of a village in southern Syria on Wednesday and later entered another village with military vehicles, Syrian media reported.

Al-Ikhbariya television said Israeli troops seized the resident in Mazraat al-Fityan in southern Quneitra province. The channel later reported that Israeli military vehicles entered Al-Samadaniyah al-Sharqiya in central Quneitra, according to the report. The reports did not name the detained resident or say where he was taken.

A pattern of incursions

The incidents follow repeated Israeli incursions into Quneitra and neighbouring Daraa, during which troops have set up checkpoints, searched homes and detained civilians. Quneitra's media directorate documented 125 Israeli incursions and 55 instances of troops setting up checkpoints in October alone, according to Syria's state news agency SANA.

Monitoring groups say the pace has risen sharply. The Sijill Center documented 395 Israeli violations in Syria during October, a 41.1 percent increase on September's 280 and the highest monthly total recorded this year, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights counted 35 ground incursions and manoeuvres between 1 and 7 November.

Presence expanded since Assad's fall

Israel has expanded its military presence in the buffer zone between Syria and the occupied Golan Heights and pushed into parts of southern Syria since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024, despite the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement.

Residents in the border villages have appealed to United Nations observers to intervene, saying the raids, checkpoints and detentions make it hard to farm land near the ceasefire line during the olive harvest season.