Syria: Israeli occupation army plants landmines around military post in Al-Quneitra countryside

QUNEITRA, Oct. 28 (YPA) – Israeli occupation forces have planted anti-personnel landmines around a military post they recently established inside the Jubata al-Khashab nature reserve, located in the northern countryside of Al-Quneitra province, Syrian media outlets reported. This action poses a direct threat to the lives of civilians.

Local news networks, including “Al-Quneitra Plus,” stated on Monday that Israeli occupation forces placed these mines near the newly established military point, in a move widely seen as a blatant violation of international laws governing the use of landmines in protected areas.

For months, the Israeli military has been bulldozing and uprooting ancient oak trees within the protected reserve, reportedly transporting some of them into occupied Palestinian territory.

Local activists have condemned this as a grave environmental violation and a form of theft of the region’s valuable trees.

Activists have also documented Israeli military bulldozers digging and fortifying areas around the military site near Jubata al-Khashab forest.

Media platforms noted that the Israeli army has been reinforcing nine military positions it established inside Syrian territory following the collapse of the previous regime. These sites stretch from Mount Hermon in the north to the Jordanian border in the south. The reinforcements include raising earth mounds and building additional fortifications.

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