Israeli Drone Strike Hits Truck Near Beit Jinn, Injuring Several as IDF Cites Imminent Attack
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 22
Israeli Drone Strike Hits Truck Near Beit Jinn, Injuring Several as IDF Cites Imminent Attack
3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 22
Summary
Several people were injured after an Israeli drone struck a truck on the main road near Beit Jinn in southwestern Syria, according to Syria's foreign ministry and state media.
Israel's military said it targeted a terrorist in the final stages of preparing an attack in southern Syria that posed an immediate threat to its forces.
Local reporting said one wounded man was a civilian delivery driver rushed to hospital with a hand injury, while residents reported Israeli surveillance drones over the area for four days.
Beit Jinn, about 55km from Damascus, has been repeatedly targeted over the past year, including a late-November raid that killed 13 civilians and wounded six Israeli soldiers.
Syrian officials condemned the strike as a sovereignty violation, even as Damascus pursues a US-mediated security arrangement with Israel under the 1974 disengagement agreement.