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The group said it intentionally positioned itself in a mountainous area to make evacuation difficult, emphasizing that it wished to avoid violence.<\/p>\n

The IDF detained about 100 activists of the HaBashan Pioneers<\/a> settler movement who crossed from the Israel-Syria buffer zone into the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, the group announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The military confirmed the incident later on Sunday, saying that it “strongly condemns the attempted border crossing.”<\/p>\n

The activists claimed that the IDF<\/a> used “severe violence” to detain them and confiscated their phones, despite “complete passivity” from the members.<\/p>\n

The group, which claims to have crossed the boundary “many times in the past,” intends to establish an Israeli settlement in the area.<\/p>\n

It emphasized that “only settlement” would cement Israeli control of the area, noting the importance of IDF control in the region.<\/p>\n

IDF soldiers detain members of the HaBashan Pioneers settler movement near the Israel-Syria border, July 5, 2026. (credit: HaBashan Pioneers)<\/p>\n

The movement said its actions come amid attempted attacks by Syrian<\/a> terrorists against Israeli communities in the Golan Heights, including within the buffer zone.<\/p>\n

“The events appear to be part of a slow but consistent deterioration and erosion of Israeli control in these areas by the terrorists and the hostile population in the area,” HaBashan stated.<\/p>\n

‘Israel intends to stay’<\/p>\n

According to the statement, the group intentionally positioned itself in a mountainous area to make evacuation difficult, emphasizing that it wished to avoid violence.<\/p>\n

“If we do not integrate civilian settlement into the military grip, we may find ourselves in a situation similar to that along the Lebanese border,” the statement continued. “The right-wing government needs to show our enemies that Israel intends to stay.”<\/p>\n

“Eventually we will also reach Daraa, Quneitra and Abedin,” it added.<\/p>\n

In May, ten HaBashan members were detained after crossing the Israel-Syria border<\/a>, with the IDF emphasizing the danger the movement’s actions pose to Israeli soldiers and civilians alike.<\/p>\n

In April, forty members were detained after they successfully traveled several hundred meters into Syria, an act the Israel Police described as “prohibited and dangerous.”<\/p>\n

Tzvi Jasper and James Genn contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The group said it intentionally positioned itself in a mountainous area to make evacuation difficult, emphasizing that it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[2166,423,18965,57274,57273,19771,95],"class_list":["post-192119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-syria","tag-border-crossing","tag-idf","tag-israel-syria","tag-israel-syrian","tag-israeli-control","tag-mountainous-area","tag-syria"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116871561304254366","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}