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December 1, 2025

What’s Israel Up to in Syria?

Defending its borders by taking the fight to the enemy.

On Friday, Israeli soldiers entered the Syrian village of Beit Jinn to apprehend two members of a Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood that has attacked Israel multiple times since October 2023, in coordination with Hamas and Hizballah. After apprehending the terrorists in their beds, the soldiers came under fire; six were wounded, three of them seriously. The IDF responded in force, killing several enemy fighters. Israeli media have reported that the Syrian intelligence directorate was involved in planning the attacks. 

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