This report complements the first report published in January 2025 by Almarsad – the Arab Center for Human Rights in the Golan, on violations committed by Israeli occupation forces in the areas they occupied in southern Syria following the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024. During the months covered by the report, between February 2025 and June 2025, the Israeli occupation army committed several violations inside and outside the buffer zone, affecting civilians and their property and causing significant damage to the environment and water sources in the area [1].
During this period, Syrians observed daily incursions into villages in the governorates of Quneitra, Daraa, and the countryside of Damascus, during which civilian homes were searched, residents were photographed, and their personal information was collected [2]. Civilians were subjected to various forms of harassment and violations of their rights to property and a decent life, following the publication of several reports of the confiscation and killing of many of their cattle and sheep, and the burning and bulldozing of agricultural land they owned [3].
The following are some of the most notable violations committed by the Israeli occupation army during this period:
• The Israeli occupation army targeted seven citizens from the village of Koya in the Daraa countryside, killing them instantly [4].
• The Israeli occupation army demolished more than 15 houses in the village of Al-Hamidiyah in the countryside of Quneitra [5].
• The Israeli occupation army targeted water wells in the vicinity of the village of Kodna, cutting off the water supply [6].
• The Israeli occupation army bulldozed a large part of the Al-Shahar forest in the vicinity of the village of Jibatha Al-Khashab [7].
• The Israeli occupation army bulldozed agricultural land, dug trenches in it, and prevented farmers from accessing more than 6,000 dunams of it [8].
This report was prepared by gathering information from Syrian media covering events in the region, social media pages of activists in the region, the interactive map of the INSS at Tel Aviv University, and news pages on social media. In addition to these sources, information was gathered from media reports prepared by international and Arab media outlets on events in the region, and from Israeli reports quoted by the Israeli occupation army. [9]
Almarsad confirmed this information by communicating with journalists and activists from the buffer zone and by contacting some of the victims (e.g., communicating with a lawyer and the family of a child detained in Israel and providing them with advice). It should be noted that Almarsad faced numerous difficulties in communicating with the victims of these violations and obtaining their testimonies, as many residents of the buffer zone refused to communicate with human rights organizations or the press for fear of the repercussions of such communication.
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