[News] Syrian Defiance: Villagers Reject Israeli ‘Aid Baskets’ Amid Deadly Incursions

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Syrian Defiance: Villagers Reject Israeli ‘Aid Baskets’ Amid Deadly
IncursionsNovember 29, 2025
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Israeli occupation forces made an incursion into the the village of Al-Asha
in the Quneitra countryside. (Photo: video grab)

*By Palestine Chronicle Staff
<https://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/palestine-chronicle-staff>*

Israeli incursion into Al-Asha village is met with resident refusal of
‘aid’; Damascus urges UN intervention following deadly clashes and
sovereignty violations.

A patrol of six Israeli occupation military vehicles, originating from the
Western Tell Ahmar base, made an incursion into the village of Al-Asha in
the Quneitra countryside. This provocation comes amid high tension in
southern Syria.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights noted that Israeli soldiers
attempted to sway residents by offering humanitarian aid, including food
baskets and heating materials like diesel fuel. However, the villagers
firmly refused to accept any of the materials offered by the occupation
forces.

The patrol subsequently withdrew from the area toward the occupied
territories without any direct engagement or clashes with the local
population.

This latest incursion follows intense confrontations that occurred on
Friday in the town of Beit Jann, in the western Damascus countryside.
Israeli occupation forces had reportedly entered the town to arrest
‘wanted’ young men, leading to resistance from residents before the forces
eventually withdrew, leaving behind a military vehicle.

The shelling and clashes in Beit Jann resulted in the killing of 13 people,
according to reports from Syrian sources.

Other sources claimed that the Israeli aggression and Syrian resistance had
resulted in the killing of 20 Syrian citizens and the injury of at least 13
Israeli soldiers.

The Israeli army, in contrast, announced that only six of its soldiers were
wounded, including two officers and one soldier in critical condition. It
claimed the attack was part of “Operation Bashan Arrow,” launched after the
fall of the former Syrian government.

The operation, according to the Israeli occupation military, targeted
military sites and strategic locations like Mount Hermon (Jabal al-Sheikh).
Israel also claimed the operation was aimed at arresting wanted members of
the “Islamic Group” who were allegedly involved in planting explosives and
firing rockets.

In the wake of these violations, Damascus issued an urgent call for the UN
Security Council to act immediately to halt the repeated Israeli
aggressions. Syrian sources told Al-Jazeera that Israel is inventing names
for militant groups to justify its incursions into Syrian territory.

Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Asaad Al-Shaibani, called on the United
Nations, the Security Council, and Arab and Islamic nations to take
responsibility regarding the repeated Israeli aggressions. He stated that
international silence encourages the aggressor to continue its “crimes
against civilians.”

The Israeli military’s actions drew international condemnation. Najat
Rochdi, Deputy Special Envoy for the UN to Syria, denounced the Israeli
incursion in the Damascus countryside as a grave and unacceptable violation
of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Rochdi called for an immediate cessation of such operations and full
adherence to the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement. Separately,
Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz confirmed that Israel would not
withdraw from the points it had occupied in Syria.

*(PC, Al-Mayadeen, AJA)*
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