Israeli media reported that Israeli security forces are working to establish a security barrier on the border separating Syria in the occupied Syrian Golan. This comes as Israeli military vehicles have been repeatedly spotted entering Syrian territory since 2022, amidst the regime’s denial of these reports.
The Israeli Channel 14 reported on Monday, October 14, that Israel is currently working on establishing a large ground barrier on the border with Syria, designed to complicate the path for “terrorists” who may attempt to enter Israel in the future.
The barrier will include a double fence, a mound of dirt, and trenches, according to the Israeli channel.
It added that Israel’s “security system” takes seriously the threats coming from the Syrian border as well as from the eastern border, with great concern.
The goal of constructing the security barrier on the border is to hinder “enemy forces and hostile elements” if they attempt to invade Israeli territory, according to Channel 14, and lessons will be drawn from the wall that was previously breached by Hamas in October 2023.
Among the defensive measures included in the plan to build the new barrier is the construction of a mound several meters high, and digging to a similar depth to create obstacles along the border. Additionally, the fence itself will be doubled.
An Enab Baladi reporter in Quneitra reported that the Israeli army has not launched new movements in the area, while its forces continue to breach the border into Syrian territory to pave a road extending inside agricultural land in southern Quneitra, alongside an earthen berm.
The road, referred to as “Sofa 53,” began in 2022 and extends along the border with the occupied Syrian Golan, according to the reporter.
On its part, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) quoted the governor of Quneitra, Moataz Abu al-Nasr Jomran, stating that there is no Israeli incursion in Quneitra, considering that “the residents of the villages live their normal life safely.”
Meanwhile, the secretary of the Baath Party in Quneitra, Khaled Abazah, stated that there is no Israeli incursion in southern Syria, according to what was reported by the local Al-Watan newspaper.
He added, “Everything published regarding an Israeli incursion into Syrian territory has no basis in reality and is purely the imagination of those who spread and promote such rumors.”
Since November 2022, Israeli army forces have repeatedly entered Syrian territory and began constructing a road from the Syrian side adjacent to the border.
Enab Baladi’s reporter in Quneitra reported at the time that Israeli bulldozers entered Syrian territory, accompanied by military armored vehicles.
The bulldozers began working on creating the road in the northernmost part of Quneitra province, specifically west of the town of Ain Tina, at a depth ranging from 100 to 700 meters inside Syrian territory.
Subsequently, the entry of Israeli military vehicles into the area repeated, which affected the lives of residents and farmers who were denied access to their agricultural lands or the ability to approach them.