Israeli military forces carried out at least 1,672 violations inside Syrian territory between August 2025 and May 2026, according to a report by a Syrian research and monitoring organisation.
Data shared with Middle East Eye by the Sijil Centre revealed that Israeli violations in Syria escalated sharply following the latest US-Israel war on Iran.
March 2026 marked an unprecedented escalation, with Israeli forces carrying out more than 321 military operations, including 121 aerial actions, and detaining 41 civilians, representing the highest monthly totals to date.
On 8 December 2024, hours after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's government, Israeli forces launched a large-scale ground operation into Syria aimed at capturing the buffer zone between the two countries.
Israeli forces pushed across the 1974 ceasefire line in the occupied Golan Heights, advancing into military positions in southern Syria, marking the first major ground breach since the end of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
