Syrians of Golan confront Israeli occupation forces for trespassing
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The Israeli occupation forces illegally barge into the occupied Syrian Golan in a bid to erect wind turbines before they were confronted by the locals.
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Druze men sit with Syrian flags during a rally marking Syria's Independence Day, in the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, April 17, 2023 (AP)
The people of the occupied Syrian Golan confronted the Israeli occupation forces after the latter sought to take over their farmland, underlining their categorical refusal to set up wind turbines on their land.
The Israeli occupation forces brought in reinforcements in a bid to besiege the agricultural lands upon which they intend to build wind turbines for power generation.
The residents of the occupied #Syrian #Golan are protesting against the occupation's plan to besiege their agricultural lands to build wind turbines on them.
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) June 20, 2023
"No one shall dare enter our land without our permission," asserted one of the owners of the trespassed lands.#Syria pic.twitter.com/8hp8yjfkEV
Hundreds of Syrians from the occupied Golan headed to the area of Al-Hafayer east of the village of Masaada, while the IOF tried to prevent them from reaching their land, using rubber bullets and tear gas in the confrontation that took place.
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Syrians from the occupied Golan after sustaining injuries due to the Israeli occupation forces assaulting them, Syria, June 20, 2023 (Social media)
The Syrian Al-Ekhbariya news broadcaster reported that its correspondent in the occupied Golan was injured after Israeli tear gas while he was covering the confrontations between the people of the Golan and the occupation forces that prevent them from reaching their lands.
The occupation forces were deployed in the early morning in the agricultural lands and closed the roads leading to them, an Al Mayadeen correspondent reported.
The people of the Golan are renowned for their prominent and honorable stances against the Israeli occupation and for resisting its plans in the region.
