At least 13 people have been killed in an Israeli raid on a village in southern Syria overnight, state media reported, in one of the deadliest incidents of its kind for months. It said children were among the dead.
Sana news agency said residents of Beit Jinn “confronted” Israeli troops, leading to a firefight. Air strikes were also carried out. Syria’s foreign ministry condemned what it called a “war crime” by Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said troops went into the village, on the edge of the occupied Golan Heights, to detain militants who it said “advanced terror attacks against Israeli civilians”.
Six Israeli soldiers were injured in the clashes, three seriously, it said.