<article data-history-node-id="433101" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-machine-gun-fire-reported-syrias-quneitra-province" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-machine-gun-fire-reported-syrias-quneitra-province" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli machine-gun fire reported in Syria's Quneitra province</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli army on Friday opened machine-gun fire toward areas in Syria’s southern Quneitra countryside, official Syrian media reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israeli forces fired medium-caliber machine guns from the Western Tal Ahmar position toward the Eastern Tal Ahmar in the southern rural Quneitra province, state-run Al-Ikhbariya reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israeli forces have carried out regular incursions into Syria in recent weeks, attacking civilians, destroying forest areas and setting up checkpoints.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israel also continues to carry out near-daily strikes in Lebanon, despite a ceasefire that came into force in November last year.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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