Three Shepherds Captured in Latest Israeli Operations in Southwest Syria: IDF resumes bulldozing in northern Quneitra forest - Antiwar.com (2026-10-25) https://news.antiwar.com/2026/10/25/three-shepherds-captured-in-latest-israeli-operations-in-southwest-syria/ ——— >> Israel has been keen on establishing a trench-line separating #Syria from its own occupied portions of Syria, and since the invasion in late 2024 has been back on the path of digging such trenches and establishing military observation posts inside Syria along that line. … this has also served to bar many Syrian farmers and other agriculture workers from their land, ... >> … Israel has been actively bulldozing substantial parts of the forest [around Jbata al-Khashab] to try to create a different reality on the ground. >> … the IDF also continues to try to keep the locals from traversing what will ultimately be the boundary line. This has included regular checkpoints and summary detentions… #Quneitra #WestBankPlaybook #palestine @palestine@fedibird.com