US Edition13 killed in deadliest Israeli raid for months in southern Syria
The Israeli raid targeted Jamaa Islamiya militants accused of planning attacks, killing 13 Syrians including children, and wounding six Israeli soldiers, the military said.
- On Friday, Israeli forces killed 13 people in the village of Beit Jinn, with Syrian state media reporting women and children among the dead.
- The Israel Defense Forces said soldiers from the 55th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade entered shortly before 3 a.m. based on intelligence about militants planning attacks on Israeli civilians.
- Troops came under fire and returned fire with aerial support from helicopters, drones and fighter jets, and six Israeli soldiers were wounded, three in serious condition.
- Dozens of families fled the area after the Israeli military said suspects were apprehended and troops withdrew to the Bat al-Warda hilltop area.
- The raid was described as the deadliest incursion since Assad's fall, and the Syrian Foreign Ministry said `This is a war crime`, complicating US-mediated talks.
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Damascus. Israeli forces raided the town of Beit Yin in southern Syria yesterday, killing at least 13 people, including children, reported the director of the health office in Campiña province of Damascus, Taufiq Hasaba.
In Syria, near Damascus, it is a further surge of tension involving the Israeli army. An operation conducted on Friday 28 November in the village of Beit Jinn, west of the Syrian capital, has degenerated into deadly clashes. According to local Syrian sources, at least 13 people have been killed and several houses destroyed after Israeli bombings in response. Tel Aviv has not yet confirmed all this information.
Syrian FM: Israel’s deadly Incursion against Islamic Group a ‘War Crime’ after 13 killed
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli military forces made a raid into Syria on Friday that from what I can gather turned into a disaster for them. Israeli troops mounted an assault on the hamlet of Beit Jinn southeast of Damascus, where they maintained that three members of the Lebanon-based Islamic Group (al-Jama`ah al-Islamiyyah) constituted a danger to Israel. After the Israeli troops and troop carriers came into the small town, they came u…
Syria: Israel's 'savage' attack in Beit Jinn village kills 13, wounds 24
Israeli forces on Friday invaded the Beit Jinn village in southern Syria to capture two members of Jama’a Islamiya, a terrorist group based in Lebanon, saying that they were planning future attacks on Israel
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St Louis Post-DispatchIsraeli military kills at least 13 people in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria — Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when confronted by residents Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest Israeli attack since its troops seized a swath of southern Syria a…
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