IDF says soldiers questioned suspected dealers, seized arms in Syria overnight

IDF soldiers questioned several suspected arms dealers and seized weapons during an overnight raid in southern Syria, the military says.

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

The IDF says several suspected arms dealers were questioned, which, along with prior intelligence, led the troops to four sites in the area where weapons were being stored.

The soldiers raided the sites and seized the weapons.

The IDF has been deployed to nine posts inside southern Syria since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024, mostly within a UN-patrolled buffer zone on the border between the countries.

Troops have been operating in areas up to around 15 kilometers deep into Syria, aiming to capture weapons that Israel says could pose a threat to the country if they fall into the hands of “hostile forces.”