Israeli soldiers apparently wounded in occupied southern Syria

The Israeli army claimed that six soldiers were injured during armed confrontations with local fighters in the occupied southern Syrian village of Beit Jen.

The military said that three of the wounded, including two officers, were in serious condition, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. Another soldier was moderately injured, while two more, among them an officer, sustained lighter wounds.

According to the army’s account, a unit from the 55th Paratroopers Brigade detained two brothers linked to the Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya group. As the soldiers began pulling out of Beit Jen, gunfire erupted, triggering Israel to send in fighter jets and drones that carried out strikes on locations where the opposing gunmen were believed to be positioned.

The army added that the fighters targeted an Israeli Humvee during the exchange, and that the vehicle was later hit by Israeli fire.