Quneitra: An Israeli soldier was critically injured in southern Syria on Monday, the military said. The Israeli army reported that a reservist soldier sustained critical injuries following an explosion near a military position in southern Syria. The cause of the blast and the exact location were not specified.

According to Anadolu Agency, there was no immediate comment from Syrian authorities regarding the incident. The explosion occurred a day after 15 Israeli vehicles carrying troops raided the village of Saida in Syria's Quneitra countryside.

In recent months, the Israeli army has conducted several cross-border raids into Syria's southern provinces, including Quneitra, despite international calls for respecting Syria's sovereignty.

Following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in late 2024, Israel expanded its occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights by seizing a demilitarized buffer zone, a move that contravened the 1974 Disengagement Agreement with Syria.