US Edition13 killed in deadliest Israeli raid for months in southern Syria
The Israeli raid targeted Jamaa Islamiya militants planning attacks, killing 13 including civilians and wounding six Israeli soldiers, marking the deadliest incursion since Assad's fall.
- 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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Israel’s deadly incursion in Syria a ‘war crime’ after 13 killed, Syrian FM says
By Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli military operation on a Syrian village Friday morning turned into the deadliest attack by a foreign nation on Syria since the ouster of former dictator Bashar al-Assad last year. At least 13 people were killed and 24 were injured after Israeli forces infiltrated the Beit Jinn village in southern Syria to capture two members of Jama’a Islamiya, a Lebanese Islamist militant group. The Israeli m…
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.
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