Thirteen people were killed in an Israeli raid in southern Syria overnight, Syrian state media updates, with Damascus accusing Israel of a “war crime” in a village where Israel said its troops came under fire during an operation to arrest militants.
The Israeli military said six soldiers were wounded, three of them severely, by militant fire during the raid in the village of Beit Jinn.
The casualty tolls suggest the Israeli raid spiralled into one of the deadliest since President Bashar al-Assad was toppled a year ago.
Israel frequently bombed Syria when it was ruled by Assad and stepped up its military operations in the country after he was ousted, citing goals that include keeping militants away from the frontier.
The Israeli military said its troops had gone on an operation to detain suspects belonging to Jama’a Islamiya — a Lebanese Sunni Islamist group which fired rockets at Israel from Lebanon during the Gaza war — accusing them of involvement in “terrorist plots.”
The military described the raid as part of routine operations in the area in recent months.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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