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Residents of Syria's Quneitra are frustrated by lack of action to halt Israeli advance

Cars drive past a roundabout hoisting the new Syrian flag after the ousting of the Assad regime, in Salam City, formerly called Baath City after the ruling party, in Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Cars drive past a roundabout hoisting the new Syrian flag after the ousting of the Assad regime, in Salam City, formerly called Baath City after the ruling party, in Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Al-Moatasem Billah Adel, 21, lies on a bed in his home after getting shot in the abdomen by the Israeli military at a protest against their incursion into his village of Swisah, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Al-Moatasem Billah Adel, 21, lies on a bed in his home after getting shot in the abdomen by the Israeli military at a protest against their incursion into his village of Swisah, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Workers fix an electricity grid in a Syrian village where the Israeli military made an incursion, in Rafid, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Workers fix an electricity grid in a Syrian village where the Israeli military made an incursion, in Rafid, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Omar Mahmoud Ismail, a local official, sits on the rubble of a home that was demolished by the Israeli military, in the village of Rafid, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Omar Mahmoud Ismail, a local official, sits on the rubble of a home that was demolished by the Israeli military, in the village of Rafid, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Adel Subhi al-Ali, a local Sunni religious official, whose 21 year old son was shot in the abdomen at a protest against the Israeli military incursion into his village of Swisah, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Adel Subhi al-Ali, a local Sunni religious official, whose 21 year old son was shot in the abdomen at a protest against the Israeli military incursion into his village of Swisah, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A man holds a bullet that was extracted from the abdomen of his son, who joined a protest against the Israeli military's incursion of his village, in Swisah, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A man holds a bullet that was extracted from the abdomen of his son, who joined a protest against the Israeli military's incursion of his village, in Swisah, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A shepherd guides his sheep at the foothills of Syria's tallest mountain, Mount Hermon, Jabal al Sheikh in Arabic, which was captured by Israeli forces after the ousting of the Assad regime, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A shepherd guides his sheep at the foothills of Syria's tallest mountain, Mount Hermon, Jabal al Sheikh in Arabic, which was captured by Israeli forces after the ousting of the Assad regime, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Abdelrahman Khaled al-Aqqad, 18, lies on a bed in his home after getting shot in both legs by the the Israeli military at a protest against their incursion into his village of Dawaya, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Abdelrahman Khaled al-Aqqad, 18, lies on a bed in his home after getting shot in both legs by the the Israeli military at a protest against their incursion into his village of Dawaya, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Al-Moatasem Billah Adel, 21, lies on a bed in his home after getting shot in the abdomen by the Israeli military at a protest against their incursion into his village of Swisah, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Al-Moatasem Billah Adel, 21, lies on a bed in his home after getting shot in the abdomen by the Israeli military at a protest against their incursion into his village of Swisah, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Israeli military armored vehicles block a road leading to the town of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Israeli military armored vehicles block a road leading to the town of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Sheep graze in the foothills of of Syria's tallest mountain, Mount Hermon, Jabal al Sheikh in Arabic, which was captured by Israeli forces after the ousting of the Assad regime, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Sheep graze in the foothills of of Syria's tallest mountain, Mount Hermon, Jabal al Sheikh in Arabic, which was captured by Israeli forces after the ousting of the Assad regime, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A man walks past a home that was demolished by the Israeli military, in the village of Rafid, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A man walks past a home that was demolished by the Israeli military, in the village of Rafid, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A boy carrying bread cycles home as Israeli military armored vehicles block a road leading to the town of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A boy carrying bread cycles home as Israeli military armored vehicles block a road leading to the town of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A man collects wood from a tree that was removed by the Israeli military during an incursion in his village of Rafid, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A man collects wood from a tree that was removed by the Israeli military during an incursion in his village of Rafid, on the outskirts of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)