At least seven people have been killed and several others injured when Israeli military forces launched an attack against a residential neighborhood in Syria’s southwestern province of Dara’a, in the latest act of aggression against the Arab nation since the downfall of president Bashar al-Assad’s government, Press Tv reported.
Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television news channel reported that the victims were killed as Israeli forces shelled Kuwaya village, located west of the provincial capital of Dara’a, on Tuesday.
There are also reports that Israeli ground forces are operating in the area.
Local media outlets are reporting that the assault has caused “a state of fear and panic” in the village.
Omar al-Hariri, an independent journalist based in Dara’a, dismissed Israeli military’s allegations that the regime troops were attacked in southern Syria, and they returned fire.
“The truth is that they (Israeli forces) initiated the aggression by attempting to arrest youths from Kuwaya, who resisted this patrol,” he wrote in a post published on X social media platform.
The journalist added that the Israeli army has also ordered all residents to evacuate the village immediately.
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