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Israeli forces kill at least 10 in southern Syria
The body of one of the victims of an Israeli forces raid in the southern Syrian village of Beit Jin is brought to Al-Mowasat Hospital in Damascus, November 28, 2025

ISRAELI forces in southern Syria raided a village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents today, killing at least 10, Syrian media and officials said.

This comes a day after Israeli troops were shown executing two Palestinians in Jenin “in cold blood” as they tried to surrender.

In a video shown on Palestine TV, which has no sound, the two men come out of a garage holding their hands up and lifting their shirts to show they are not carrying explosives.

The two men, later identified as Al-Muntasir Abdullah and Yousef Asasa, are ordered to the ground and kicked by one of the policemen.

They are then ordered back to the garage. In a video shown by Egyptian TV station Al-Ghad, the men are ordered back to the entrance of the garage.

As they are on the ground and surrounded by troops, gunshots are heard and the men slump down, apparently lifeless. At least one soldier is seen firing his weapon.

Palestinian authorities said that the Israelis had taken away the two bodies.

In a statement, the Israeli military said the two men were wanted militants in the northern town of Jenin who had thrown explosives and opened fire at troops.

The Israelis said that after the men surrendered and exited a building, “fire was directed toward the suspects.” It said the incident was “under review” and would be referred “to the relevant professional bodies.”

Palestinians and human rights groups say such investigations yield few results, and Israeli troops are rarely prosecuted.

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who oversees the national police, praised the Israeli forces, saying they had acted “exactly as they are expected to — terrorists must die!”

In Ramallah, the Palestinian prime minister’s office accused Israel of executing the men “in cold blood.”

It called the shooting “an outright extrajudicial killing in blatant violation of international humanitarian law.”

Meanwhile, in Syria, the Sana news agency reported that Israeli forces entered the village of Beit Jin in southern Syria aiming to detain local men and opened heavy fire after protests by residents.

The Israelis reportedly killed at least 10 people during the raid.

Israel said it conducted an operation following intelligence information to apprehend suspects from the Jamaa Islamiya group, operating in Beit Jin to attack Israeli civilians.

The military claim several militants fired at Israeli troops during the raid, injuring half a dozen soldiers who were evacuated to a hospital.

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