Beit Jinn Breaks the Silence of the Southern Front

The Israeli army publishes footage of air force strikes targeting resistance fighters in Beit Jinn, in the Damascus countryside.

**Beit Jinn Breaks the Silence of the Southern Front: The First Direct Clash with Israel Near the Golan in Decades**

At dawn today, the village of Beit Jinn in southern Syria witnessed fierce clashes between an Israeli special forces unit and local gunmen, in an operation that Israel said was aimed at arresting wanted members of the “Islamic Group.”

According to the Israeli account, 13 soldiers were wounded during the ambush, including 3 in serious condition, after a force from the 55th Paratroopers Brigade came under heavy fire while exiting one of the houses. The troops were forced to abandon a Hummer armored vehicle, which was later bombed by the Israeli air force after being evacuated.

Channel 12 in Hebrew reported that the operation had been “prepared for weeks,” and that Israeli aircraft were unable to intervene due to the proximity of the clashes on the ground.

On the Syrian side, local sources reported 9 martyrs so far, with a family trapped under the rubble as a result of Israeli airstrikes on the area.

Israeli sites describe the operation as “successful,” while Syrian sources consider that the Israeli army suffered a “field setback” deep inside Syrian territory, where the forces penetrated 11 kilometers.

The incident raises tensions in southern Syria and marks the first direct confrontation in decades in an area long considered “quiet,” opening the door to the emergence of a new front against Israel in the Golan.