Israeli Tanks Push Into Quneitra Countryside at Tel Abu Qubays and Al-Samdaniyah al-Sharqiyah

Israeli forces advanced with tanks and military vehicles into Tel Abu Qubays and Al-Samdaniyah al-Sharqiyah in the Quneitra countryside on August 10, 2026, a day after a separate Israeli patrol of two tanks and vehicles entered the village of Eastern Samadaniyah. An armed group claimed it targeted an Israeli military position in the western Daraa countryside in response to the incursions. The moves are part of a near-daily pattern of Israeli ground operations in southern Syria in 2026, even as President al-Sharaa has publicly floated pursuing a security agreement with Israel.