"The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it detained suspected members of the Jamaa Islamiya group who were planning attacks against Israel. Jamaa Islamiya is a Sunni Islamist political party and anti-Zionist organization based in neighboring Lebanon. Jamaa Islamiya has an armed wing called the al-Fajr Forces. Israel said six of its soldiers were injured in the early morning raid, with three of them in serious condition."
"Syrian state television reported that families fled the area where the IDF raid took place. Israeli forces reportedly took three men into custody. Syrian local official Abdul Rahman al-Hamrawi told the AFP news agency that after the clashes, Israel "shelled the area with artillery and drones." Syria says Israel carried out 'war crime' The Syrian Foreign Ministry denounced what it called Israel's "criminal aggression" in Beit Jin, adding that Israel's actions seek to "ignite the region in conflict.""
An Israeli operation in the southern Syrian village of Beit Jin left at least ten people dead and resulted in several arrests. The Israel Defense Forces said it detained suspected members of Jamaa Islamiya who were allegedly planning attacks and that six Israeli soldiers were injured, three in serious condition. Syrian state television reported families fleeing the area and local officials said Israeli forces shelled the zone with artillery and drones after clashes. The Syrian Foreign Ministry labeled the action criminal aggression and warned it could ignite wider conflict. Observers described the raid as the largest such operation since the fall of Bashar Assad.
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