{"id":526695,"date":"2026-07-05T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/526695\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:54:08","slug":"israeli-settlers-attempt-to-cross-into-syrian-side-of-hermon-detained-by-idf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/526695\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli settlers attempt to cross into Syrian side of Hermon, detained by IDF"},"content":{"rendered":"

About 100 activists of the HaBashan Pioneers<\/a> settler movement were detained by the IDF after crossing from the Israel-Syria buffer zone into the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, the group announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The activists claimed that the IDF<\/a> used “severe violence” to detain them and confiscated their phones, despite “complete passivity” from the members.<\/p>\n

The group, which claims to have crossed the boundary “many times in the past,” intends to establish an Israeli settlement in the area.<\/p>\n

It emphasized that “only settlement” would cement Israeli control of the area, noting the importance of IDF control in the region.<\/p>\n

The movement said its actions come amid attempted attacks by Syrian<\/a> terrorists against Israeli communities in the Golan Heights, including within the buffer zone.<\/p>\n

“The events appear to be part of a slow but consistent deterioration and erosion of Israeli control in these areas by the terrorists and the hostile population in the area,” HaBashan stated.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, the group intentionally positioned itself in a mountainous area to make evacuation difficult, emphasizing that it wished to avoid violence.<\/p>\n

“If we do not integrate civilian settlement into the military grip, we may find ourselves in a situation similar to that along the Lebanese border,” the statement continued. “The right-wing government needs to show our enemies that Israel intends to stay.”<\/p>\n

“Eventually we will also reach Daraa, Quneitra and Abedin,” it added.<\/p>\n

In May, ten HaBashan members were detained after crossing the Israel-Syria border<\/a>, with the IDF emphasizing the danger the movement’s actions pose to Israeli soldiers and civilians alike.<\/p>\n

In April, forty members were detained after they successfully traveled several hundred meters into Syria, an act the Israel Police described as “prohibited and dangerous.”<\/p>\n

Tzvi Jasper and James Genn contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About 100 activists of the HaBashan Pioneers settler movement were detained by the IDF after crossing from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[69860,1031,85,46,88,43,37944,4713],"class_list":["post-526695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-golan-heights","tag-idf","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-news","tag-settlers","tag-syria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}