"Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest Israeli attack since its troops seized a swath of southern Syria a year ago. Syria's Foreign Ministry called the attack a horrific massacre and said women and children were among those killed."
"Israel said Friday it conducted an operation to apprehend suspects from the Jamaa Islamiya militant group in Beit Jin who were planning IED and rocket attacks into Israel. It said other militants opened fire at the troops, injuring six, and that troops returned fire, including bringing in air support. It said the operation had concluded, all of the suspects were apprehended and a number of militants were killed."
"Firas Daher, a Beit Jin resident, told the AP that troops moved in around 3 a.m. and were met by slight resistance, with light weapons. Troops responded with drones and helicopters and fire from heavy machine guns. Whenever anyone would move inside the village or any car would move, it would get hit. When we tried to take injured people to the hospital, they would hit the car carrying them, he said."
Israeli forces raided the village of Beit Jin and opened fire when confronted by residents, killing at least 13 people, including women and children. The Syrian state news agency SANA said troops entered aiming to seize local men and opened heavy fire, prompting dozens of families to flee. Israel said the operation targeted Jamaa Islamiya suspects planning IED and rocket attacks and that other militants opened fire, injuring six soldiers. Israel said troops returned fire, used air support, apprehended suspects and killed a number of militants. Residents described drone and helicopter strikes and heavy machine-gun fire that hit moving people and vehicles, including a car carrying the injured.
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