US Edition13 killed in deadliest Israeli raid for months in southern Syria
- On Friday, Israeli forces killed 13 people, including children, in a raid in Beit Jinn, village in the Damascus countryside, shortly before dawn, the Israel Defense Forces said.
- The IDF said it targeted members of Jamaa Islamiya accused of planting improvised explosive devices and planning rocket and other attacks on Israel, detaining two to three suspects.
- Shortly before 0140 GMT, forces shelled Beit Jinn and Israeli troops arrested suspects; six soldiers were wounded, three seriously, while local reports said a building collapsed and families fled nearby villages.
- Syria's government condemned the raid as a "war crime" and state media said women, children, and displaced families from Beit Jinn were among the dead, risking US-mediated security talks.
- Since Bashar al-Assad's fall, Israel has stepped up strikes beyond the 1974 buffer zone, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights calling Friday's raid among the deadliest.
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13 killed as Israel raids southern Syria; Damascus calls is ‘criminal attack’
Following an Israeli raid in southern Syria that killed 13, Damascus condemned the action as criminal. Israel stated it was targeting terrorist suspects and returned fire. Local officials asserted their civilian status, denying any militant presence and emphasizing their right to defend themselves.
Israeli raid in southern Syria leaves 13 dead, Syrian state media report
Thirteen people were killed in an Israeli raid in southern Syria on Friday, Syrian state media reported, with Damascus accusing Israel of a "criminal attack" in a village where Israel said its troops came under fire during an operation to arrest militants.
The Israeli Army has launched an operation in the early morning hours of Friday against alleged Islamist militiamen in a locality outside the Syrian capital, where the government is located, which just under a year ago replaced the regime of the dictator Bashar al-Assad.The Israeli forces have killed at least 13 people and injured more than 20 people in a land raid earlier this Friday in the town of Beit Jinn, outside Damascus, in one of Israel'…
JERUSALEM. Thirteen people, including civilians, were killed Friday night in the Syrian village of Beit Jinn after an Israeli commando raid encountered unexpected resistance from Islamists. Syrian state television said many of the village's residents had fled.
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