DUBAI ( WNAM MONITORING): At least 13 people were killed and 24 injured by Israeli forces during a raid on the southern Syrian village of Beit Jin overnight, according to the Syrian News Agency, SANA.
The Syrian foreign ministry condemned the operation as a “war crime” and accused Israel of wanting to “ignite the region”.
“We were asleep when we were woken up at three in the morning by gunfire,” wounded resident Iyad Taher told AFP at al-Mouwassat hospital in the Syrian capital.
“We went outside to see what was happening and saw the Israeli army in the village, soldiers and tanks. Then they withdrew, the air force came, and the shells started falling. I was hit by shrapnel in the neck.”
A local official told AFP that Israeli forces raided the village to capture three men, sparking clashes.
