The sources explained that these explosions are part of a series of systematic demolition operations by Israel the area has witnessed for some time. [Getty]
The Quneitra province in southern Syria witnessed on Thursday, 23 April, an intensification in the pace of violations, following a series of explosions that targeted buildings inside the destroyed city of Quneitra, which highlights the chronic destruction the area has endured for decades.
This comes in the context of repeated operations that have targeted civilian, service and heritage facilities, amid no indication that these attacks will stop.
Local sources told The New Arab that a huge explosion rocked several areas in Quneitra province.
They said it originated from the destroyed city of Quneitra, where an Israeli military base is located, and resulted from demolition operations targeting buildings inside the city.
The sources explained that these explosions are part of a series of systematic demolition operations by Israel that the area has witnessed for some time.
This incident is an extension of similar events witnessed in the destroyed city of Quneitra in previous periods.
Israeli occupation forces carried out explosions and destruction that affected many buildings, including parts of al-Hassan bin al-Haytham Secondary School, the old Golan hospital, and the historic al-Andalus cinema.
These sites hold both historical and service value.
At the beginning of January this year, Israeli occupation forces carried out a new demolition operation targeting sections of the “Golan” hospital in the destroyed city of Quneitra.
This hospital has been partially destroyed and out of service for years. Israeli forces had demolished part of it several months earlier, in what local sources describe as a series of repeated attacks on civilian facilities in the area.
On 12 March 2025, a destruction operation targeted parts of Al-Hassan bin al-Haytham Secondary School.
The move raised fears of deliberate targeting of historical sites, as it came amid a series of attacks in recent months that affected several service facilities and symbolic landmarks in Quneitra and occurred within the framework of ongoing Israeli policies over decades, based on targeting the urban and symbolic infrastructure in southern Syria.
This is particularly the case in the city of Quneitra, which was subjected to widespread destruction before Israeli forces withdrew from it in 1974.
The city was then left as a witness to the scale of devastation caused by the occupation during its control of the Golan.
The destroyed Syrian city of Quneitra remains to this day a symbol of the memory of destruction in the region, amid continued operations targeting what remains of its facilities, alongside warnings of the repercussions of these attacks on historical heritage and civilian infrastructure in southern Syria.
Article translated from Arabic by Afrah Almatwari. To read the original, click here.
