Syrian sources report that IDF soldiers opened fire after residents of Abdin, near the Yarmouk Basin in southern Syria, blocked village entrances with stones to prevent Israeli forces from entering. The IDF also reportedly fired artillery toward the village over the past hour, causing many residents to flee. Earlier Sunday, local residents and IDF soldiers clashed in the same area.
The confrontation in the southern Syrian village of Abdin has escalated into a complex security incident involving local residents and IDF forces, now in its second hour.
According to Syrian sources cited by Abu Ali Express, residents blocked the village entrance with stones to prevent Israeli soldiers from entering, and threw stones at the troops. The soldiers responded with gunfire. Separately, the IDF conducted artillery fire toward the village, which caused many residents to flee.
Earlier Sunday, the first clashes between residents and IDF forces were reported in the same area. The IDF's artillery barrage comes after an earlier incident in which a militant opened fire on Israeli forces, triggering a pursuit backed by artillery, as The Zioneer reported at 23:30 Jerusalem.
The village of Abdin is located in the Daraa province of southern Syria, near the Yarmouk Basin. It remains unclear whether there were casualties on either side, and what the military objectives are for the ongoing IDF activity in the area.
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