Israeli soldiers questioned several suspected arms dealers and seized weapons during an overnight raid in southern Syria, the military said Sunday morning.

Troops of the 226th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade and field interrogators of the Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504 operated in the Druze town of Hader, just across the border.

The Israel Defense Forces said information gathered during the questioning of suspected arms dealers, along with prior intelligence, led the troops to four sites in the area where weapons were being stored.

The soldiers raided the sites simultaneously and seized “numerous weapons that the suspects had been trafficking,” the army said.

Israel has been involved militarily in Syria since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024. In the immediate aftermath, Israel occupied Syria’s demilitarized zone and destroyed most of the Assad........

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