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IDF troops killed a number of armed operatives in south Syria, military says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF troops killed a number of gunmen in southern Syria yesterday, the military says in a statement.
According to the military, reservists of the Etzioni Brigade opened fire and killed the “armed terrorists” inside Israel’s buffer zone.
No further details are given on the incident.
On Thursday, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces will remain inside security zones in Lebanon, Syria, and the Gaza Strip, “without any time limit.”
The IDF has been deployed inside southern Syria since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024.
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