BEIRUT (Dispatches) -- Israeli forces escalated their aggression across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, while violence under the Al-Qaeda-linked administration of Abu Muhammad al-Jolani continued to devastate Syrian minority communities.
In southern Lebanon, Israeli warplanes bombed the Wadi Al-Suluki area and the zone between Braasheet and Aitaroun in the Bint Jbeil district. 
Artillery shelled the outskirts of Hadatha and Braasheet, while machine-gun fire swept toward the town of Beit al-Siyad and the outskirts of Mansouri. An Israeli drone dropped a sound bomb on a house in the Al-Arish area on the outskirts of Haris. 
In Shoukin, a woman was injured by the explosion of an Israeli cluster bomb left from previous aggression.  
In Syria, Israeli tanks and military vehicles made a new incursion into the “Armored Company” position in southern Quneitra countryside at dawn on Tuesday, coinciding with heavy reconnaissance flights over Dara’a. 
In western Damascus countryside, Israeli forces blew up an abandoned building between Beit Jinn and the Beit Jinn farm and opened fire on farmers, striking a vehicle. 
Israeli forces blocked four UNDOF vehicles in Dara’a countryside and prevented Civil Defense teams from reaching a fire near Al-Hamidiyah. A young Syrian man, Muhammed Ayman Al-Dabbour (22), was killed near the Al-Hamidiyah base. 
While Israeli forces claimed to have “neutralized an infiltrator,” Israeli media reported he was unarmed, carrying only a phone and money.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 35 people in acts of violence across Syria since early October, with 12 murdered, seven assassinated over sectarian grounds, and three killed by indiscriminate gunfire. One person was shot dead by Israeli forces, while three died in unknown circumstances.
In Dara’a countryside, unidentified gunmen in a vehicle attacked an Internal Security post in the town of Tafas with heavy machine-gun fire and grenades early Tuesday, with some bullets reaching nearby homes. No injuries were reported, though property was damaged. The attack coincided with Israeli reconnaissance aircraft flying over the city.
In Tartus governorate, two young men—Ahmed Ramiz Asper and Ali Mahmoud Yusuf—were killed by gunfire near the village of Beit ‘Awad. Initial investigations indicated the victims were known criminals linked to armed groups previously involved in robberies and attacks on civilian property.
In Idlib, multiple explosions were reported at the Taftanaz military airport, accompanied by thick columns of smoke, reportedly caused by remnants of previous armed conflict.