During the reference period, sources reported of Israeli forces bulldozing land,1361 spraying chemical substances on agricultural land,1362 which caused the vegetation to yellow and die,1363 and building fortifications across grazing routes.1364 IDF operations reportedly also resulted in property damage and destruction, including of the homes of displaced residents.1365
According to SNHR, two people were killed by landmine explosions across the governorate in the period from 8 December 2024 to early April 2026.1366
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Al Jazeera, Israel launches new raids in Syria’s Quneitra, establishes checkpoints, 20 December 2025, url
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MEE, Smart borders, military gates and land seizures: How Israel is encroaching in southern Syria, 5 May 2026, url; OHCHR, Human rights update on Syria, 28 April 2026, url
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Syria Direct, ‘We lost everything’: How Israeli herbicides destroyed Quneitra crops and pastures, 3 March 2026, url
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Helmi, K., After Assad, a New Uncertainty in Syria’s South, TIMEP, 26 March 2026, url
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UN Human Rights Council, Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, A/HRC/61/62, 12 March 2026, url, para. 82, 84
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SNHR, On the International Day for Mine Awareness: Documenting the deaths of at least 3,799 civilians from landmines and cluster munitions in Syria, March 2011 – April 2026, 4 April 2026, url, p. 8