The unlawful crossings got here across the announcement by US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire supported by Turkey, Jordan, and regional companions.
A bunch of Israeli-Druze civilians had crossed the border from Israel into Syria between Friday night time to Saturday morning, Israeli media reported.
The IDF stated that actions are being taken to deliver the group again into Israeli territory safely, KAN quoted them as saying.
IDF troopers had been deployed on the border along with the Border Guard so as to forestall and suppress the violent gathering. Lots of the Israeli Druze civilians who arrived on the border had been drunk, in line with Walla, and some dozen managed to cross the forces into Syrian territory whereas utilizing violence and pushing IDF troopers.
All those that crossed the border had been returned to Israeli territory by the IDF, in line with Walla, citing Military sources.
The unlawful crossings got here across the announcement by US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire supported by Turkey, Jordan, and regional companions.
Smoke rises over over Al-Mazra’a village, following renewed combating between Bedouin fighters and Druze gunmen, regardless of an introduced truce, in Sweida, Syria July 18, 2025. (credit score: REUTERS/KHALIL ASHAWI)
Earlier clashes and humanitarian support transfers
Earlier than Barrack’s announcement, it was reported that clashes in Syria between Bedouins and Druze resumed on Friday night, when about 200 Bedouins entered the town of Sweida with rockets and machine weapons and continued the combating.
Israeli International Minister Gideon Sa’ar ordered the pressing switch of support to Sweida’s Druze inhabitants because the nation’s safety forces put together to redeploy to the Druze-majority Sweida metropolis to quell combating by the Druze and Bedouin tribes.
Moreover, a supply informed The Jerusalem Publish that afternoon that “Israel has agreed to permit a restricted entry of inner safety forces into Sweida for the subsequent 48 hours.”
The day earlier than, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced {that a} ceasefire in Syria was achieved by way of “forceful actions.
“We have now established a transparent coverage: the demilitarization of the realm south of Damascus and the safety of our brothers, the Druze,” he added.
Amir Bohbot, Maariv On-line, and Reuters contributed to this report.
