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13 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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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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vijesti.meIsraeli forces killed at least 13 people today when they stormed a Syrian village and opened fire after the villagers resisted them, Syrian officials said.
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The Israeli military has killed 13 people in an operation in southern Syria. The military said the operation was aimed at fighters from the Lebanon-based Islamist group Jemaah Islamiyah. Syrian authorities condemned the operation as a war crime.
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