Residents return after Israeli forces withdraw from Syrian village

Residents return after Israeli forces withdraw from Syrian village Residents who fled their homes during Sunday's incursion began gradually returning by evening after Israeli troops pulled back from Tal al-Maghar hill, in Syria's western Deraa countryside, where they had remained for several hours, Al Jazeera reported.

Israeli forces reportedly fired flares over the area overnight while reconnaissance aircraft continued to fly over the village of Abdeen.

The development comes after Syria's foreign ministry condemned Israeli incursions and artillery shelling in Deraa and Quneitra, describing them as a "flagrant violation" of Syrian sovereignty.

The head of Civil Defence operations in southern Syria told SANA that the attacks caused no injuries or material damage, but triggered panic among residents and led to limited displacement to nearby towns.

The report said that civil defence teams were working to secure the area. Syrian children inspect the wreckage of a rocket in the southern countryside of Quneitra near the Golan Heights.

(Bakr Alkasem/AFP)