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Israeli settlers cross into Syria and Lebanon calling for new settlements
Groups of https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli settlers crossed into Syria and Lebanon this week, calling for the establishment of settlements in areas currently occupied by the military.
According to Israel’s https://news.walla.co.il/item/3832466" target="_blank">Walla news site, around 40 activists from the Halutzei HaBashan movement crossed the Syrian border on Wednesday and entered the village of Hader in the Quneitra governorate.
Some of the group reportedly barricaded themselves inside a building, tying themselves to it and urging the public to pressure Israeli ministers not to remove them from Syrian territory.
Video footage showed settlers on the rooftop of a building in Hader.