BEIRUT (Dispatches) -- Israeli forces carried out airstrikes and artillery shelling across southern Lebanon and conducted ground incursions into southern Syria on Wednesday, while violence continued to simmer in areas under the control of Syria’s interim government led by former Al-Qaeda and Islamic State deputy Abu Muhammed al-Jolani.
In Lebanon, Israeli warplanes struck the outskirts of Haddatha in the Bint Jbeil district and carried out a series of airstrikes on Kfar Kila and the area between Houla and Mays al-Jabal, according to the National News Agency. 
Heavy artillery shelling targeted the towns of Mansouri and Majdal Zoun in the western sector, accompanied by machine-gun fire toward Beit al-Sayyad. 
Shelling also hit the outskirts of Shaqra and Wadi al-Salouqi, as well as the Al-Araish area between Haris and Haddatha. In the Nabatieh district, concentrated artillery strikes hit Mifdoun overnight, while sweeping operations with machine-gun fire were conducted southeast of Shebaa.
The United Nations Human Rights office warned Wednesday of continued Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire, citing reports of harm to civilians and attacks on civilian objects. 
Between March 2 and October 11, 4,387 people were killed in Lebanon, including at least 660 women and children and 135 healthcare workers, with 12,424 wounded.
In Syria, Israeli forces comprising five military vehicles entered the Wadi al-Raqqad area in the western Dara’a countryside through the Tal Abu al-Ghaythar gate adjacent to the occupied Golan Heights, raiding a civilian home, detaining several young men for approximately an hour, seizing a motorcycle, and firing live ammunition before withdrawing.
Israeli reconnaissance aircraft flew over Daraa province during the operation. In Quneitra, an Israeli force entered the area west of Saida al-Golan, expelled shepherds, and fired upon a water tanker before withdrawing. Israeli drones were also observed over Damascus, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Jolani’s foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani said Tuesday that Israel has sought to destabilize Syria since December 8, 2024, through systematic bombardment of infrastructure, occupation of Syrian territory along the southern border, and forced displacement and arbitrary arrests.
Meanwhile, two years after Jolani’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) seized power in Damascus with backing from Turkey, the United States, and Britain, promised stability and prosperity remain elusive. Recent clashes between HTS forces and armed groups have killed dozens, with former allies accusing Jolani’s administration of deviation