the meantime the reference I made was not restricted to the Western media. I said media in general. Also I was not restrictive about other powers. I said "various powers". Also I think reports of troops, not airstrikes, within 16 miles of Damascus counts as a report of IDF incursion beyond the Golan Heights buffer zone. I have included another report from the Syrian Observer which is reporting, but not verifying, IDF tanks and bulldozers ripping up agricultural land. Because this report of a report wasn't verified I didn't source it but simply mentioned the existence of it. Since that time The Times of Israel has verified some of the actions in the Syrian Observer article. There is discrepancy between the IDF claims about giving the journalists/activists back their cameras etc. and the claims in the Syrian Observer article that quotes the Al-Jumhuriya.net site as saying that the recorded material was erased. So it is not the same as "giving back" in the same condition as when taken. The Times of Israel article quotes the lawyer/journalist/activist as saying his sim card was taken and the memory cards for his equipment as well as $200 from his assistant. So we have some corroboration about that event although still with differences. The Syrian Observer article seems to be a "compilation" of events in the area from several sources and it remains to be seen if some of what was on the cameras of the journalists was the kind of activity described in the Syrian Observer report. It wouldn't be the first time that troops in a contentious area have not wanted their actions documented.
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-buffer-zone-israeli-forces-syria-near-damascus-1998335
https://syrianobserver.com/foreign-actors/israeli-occupation-arrests-syrian-lawyer-and-french-activist-in-quneitra.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-detains-then-releases-french-journalist-in-southern-syria-buffer-zone/
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