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Israeli forces killed 13 radical connected Friday (November 28, 2025) successful an cognition successful confederate Syria, saying they targeted an Islamist group, successful Israel's deadliest onslaught connected the state since Bashar al-Assad's overthrow past year.
Since an Islamist conjugation overthrew longtime ruler Assad successful December of past year, Israel has conducted hundreds of strikes connected Syria's subject arsenal as good arsenic incursions into the country.
The Israeli service said an speech of occurrence successful the cognition to detain militants successful the Syrian colony of Beit Jin near six Israeli soldiers wounded, with 3 of them successful a superior condition.
The authoritative SANA quality agency, quoting the Syrian Health Ministry, reported 13 dormant and 24 much wounded successful the Israeli operation.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry condemned the cognition arsenic a "war crime" and accused Israel of wanting to "ignite the region".
An AFP journalist saw respective wounded radical being taken to a infirmary successful Damascus, astir 40 kilometres from the village.
"We were dormant erstwhile we were woken up astatine 3 successful the greeting by gunfire," wounded nonmigratory Iyad Taher told AFP astatine al-Mouwassat infirmary successful the Syrian capital.
"We went extracurricular to spot what was happening and saw the Israeli service successful the village, soldiers and tanks. Then they withdrew, the aerial unit came, and the shells started falling. I was deed by shrapnel successful the neck."
The Israeli service said the targets of the cognition were fighters from the Islamist radical Jamaa Islamiya, which is based successful neighbouring Lebanon and allied with Palestinian equipped radical Hamas.
"The suspects operated successful the country of Beit Jin successful confederate Syria and precocious panic attacks against Israeli civilians," it said successful a statement.
A section authoritative told AFP that Israeli forces raided the colony to seizure 3 men, sparking clashes.
"Following the clashes, the Israeli concern forces shelled the country with artillery and drones," colony authoritative Abdul Rahman al-Hamrawi said.
At the hospital, Mr. Rahman told AFP helium and others "opened occurrence connected the Israeli patrol to support ourselves and halt them from taking us. My member was killed, and I was wounded".
Territorial integrity
In Damascus and different large Syrian cities, demonstrators marking 1 twelvemonth since the Islamist-led violative that toppled Assad denounced Israel's attacks.
Banners successful Damascus work "Beit Jin makes america proud" and "stop Israeli attacks".
United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi condemned Israel's attack, calling it "a sedate and unacceptable usurpation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity".
Rami Abdul Rahman, caput of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor, said Friday's (November 28, 2025) cognition was "the deadliest incursion since Israel began conducting operations extracurricular the buffer portion successful confederate Syria".
Israel sent troops into and beyond the U.N.-patrolled buffer zone, which has separated Israeli and Syrian forces connected the Golan Heights since 1974, successful the contiguous aftermath of Assad's fall.
In June, Syria accused Israel of "abducting 7 people" from Beit Jin and sidesplitting 1 civilian "as a effect of nonstop gunfire connected the residents".
Israel accused the radical of being Hamas members.
Israel has occupied Syria's Golan Heights, a strategical upland plateau, since 1967, annexing it successful 1981 successful a determination not recognised by the planetary community.
Last week Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops deployed successful the buffer zone, drafting a crisp rebuke from Damascus and others successful the region.
The premier has antecedently insisted that confederate Syria beryllium demilitarised pursuing Assad's overthrow.
Israel's cardinal backer the United States has been pushing for a information pact betwixt Syria and Israel, portion of President Donald Trump's extremity to enactment up the fragile Gaza ceasefire with a broader Middle East bid settlement.
While Syrian and Israeli officials person held repeated rounds of talks, President Ahmed al-Sharaa has ruled retired Syria joining the Abraham Accords, nether which a fistful of Arab countries person normalised ties with Israel.
He precocious met with Mr. Trump and warned successful a U.N. code that Israel's persistent attacks enactment the portion astatine risk, but backed diplomacy.
"In the look of this aggression, Syria is committed to dialogue," helium said.
