{"id":211661,"date":"2026-07-18T01:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/211661\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T01:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:03:10","slug":"idf-detains-israeli-civilians-who-crossed-into-syria-others-who-attempted-to-breach-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/211661\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF detains Israeli civilians who crossed into Syria, others who attempted to breach border"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IDF noted that it has identified a recent increase in illegal border crossing attempts into Syria, both successful and unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

The IDF<\/a> detained several Israeli civilians on Friday for illegally crossing into Syrian territory, the military said, following a search operation.<\/p>\n

The Israelis, who had crossed from the Majdal Shams area on Thursday, were transferred to the Israel Police<\/a> for further processing.<\/p>\n

Also on Friday, the IDF detained multiple Israelis who attempted to cross into Syria from the Golan Heights, the military added.<\/p>\n

The military said that it “strongly condemns” the crossings and attempted crossings, saying that such actions “divert IDF soldiers’ attention from their ongoing operational activities and compromise security.”<\/p>\n

\"Israeli<\/p>\n

Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli border with Syria in northern Israel, February 28, 2026. (credit: MICHAEL GILADI\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n

“Such actions constitute a criminal offense that endangers civilians and IDF soldiers,” the military added, noting that it expects disciplinary actions against the suspects on the part of the Israeli law enforcement authorities.<\/p>\n

Illegal crossings a growing problem for the IDF<\/p>\n

The incidents follow several similar incidents<\/a> throughout July, including as recently as Monday, when the IDF detained several Israelis following an attempted crossing in Syria.<\/p>\n

The IDF noted in its statement that it has identified a recent increase in illegal border crossing attempts into Syria, both successful and unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

Last week, right-wing “HaBashan Pioneers<\/a>” movement activists attempted to cross the border in an attempt to establish a Jewish settlement in the area.<\/p>\n

About 100 such activists were detained by the IDF after crossing into the Syrian side of Mount Hermon on July 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The IDF noted that it has identified a recent increase in illegal border crossing attempts into Syria, both…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[423,61619,61620,28817,95],"class_list":["post-211661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-syria","tag-idf","tag-illegal-border-crossing","tag-israeli-border-area","tag-israeli-civilians","tag-syria"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116938290373394409","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211661","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=211661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}