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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
IDF says it destroyed Islamic Group weapons depot in south Syria raid last week
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
During an overnight raid in southern Syria last week, the IDF says, it destroyed a weapon depot belonging to the al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group) terror group.
The site in the village of Beit Jinn contained numerous weapons, including firearms, mines, and other military equipment, according to the military.
The announcement of the operation comes a day after Israeli special forces captured a “senior” member of al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya in southern Lebanon.
The IDF has said that al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya “advanced throughout the war and continues to attempt to advance terror activities against the State of Israel and its citizens in the northern sector.”
The military has also previously accused the group of closely cooperating with the Hezbollah and Hamas terror groups in both Lebanon and Syria, and maintaining military sites in southern Lebanon and infrastructure along the Syria-Lebanon border and in southern Syria.
This footage released by the IDF on February 10, 2026, shows a weapon depot being destroyed in the southern Syrian village of Beit Jinn. (Israel Defense Forces)
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