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JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Monday it seized two people it said were approaching an army outpost in an area of southern Syria it has occupied since the overthrow of president Bashar Assad.<\/p>\n
\u201cA short while ago, IDF soldiers identified two suspects riding a motorcycle toward an IDF post in the Security Zone in southern Syria. Following an identification, the soldiers opened a suspect apprehension procedure and apprehended the two suspects,\u201d the army said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo IDF injuries were reported,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
The incident came hours after the Israeli military killed an assailant near an army post in the so-called \u201csecurity zone\u201d in southern Syria in the night between Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n
After Ahmed Al-Sharaa came to power in Damascus in late 2024, when his rebel coalition overthrew Assad, Israel launched hundreds of strikes against Syria.<\/p>\n
The IDF also carried out incursions into the south of the country and deployed troops in the UN-monitored buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights.<\/p>\n
Israeli officials have repeatedly stated their intention to maintain troops in the \u201csecurity zone,\u201d while Israeli leaders have said they want swathes of southern Syria to become a demilitarised zone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n