Israeli force incursion four villages in Quneitra countryside

Six Israeli military vehicles, accompanied by an armored vehicle, infiltrated yesterday evening from the direction of the village of Brega, passing through Ain al-Darb and Kudna, reaching the western side of the village of Kamouniya in the Quneitra countryside, coinciding with reconnaissance flights over the area.

This move comes a day after another Israeli military force infiltrated the same countryside, setting up a checkpoint on the road between the villages of al-Samadaniyeh and al-Ajraf, amid a security alert.

Israeli forces had previously conducted raids and searches of homes between the villages of Brega and Bir Ajam, accompanied by helicopters flying over the southern region, which sparked concern and tension among residents.

In this context, the Israeli army announced on Friday that it had carried out special operations over the past few months that resulted in the arrest of cells affiliated with the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps operating in Syrian territory.

IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee said that these cells were operating under the direction of Unit 840, a special operations unit of the Quds Force, and were planning to carry out "terrorist attacks" against Israel.

According to a structural diagram of the cell published by Adraee, one of the cell's most prominent leaders was former regime army officer Lieutenant Colonel Hussein Mahmoud Ali Kabir, who commanded a field group in Syria, where four of its members were arrested.

The IDF statement indicated that two field operatives, Zidan al-Tawil and Muhammad al-Karyan, were arrested in March and April.

It noted that another cell was recently dismantled, operating under the direction of two Lebanese men, Qassem Salah al-Husseini and Muhammad Shuaib, who were killed last month in Lebanon.

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ANHA