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The Israeli occupation army has killed a Syrian man and kidnapped seven others during an incursion into the village of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside governorate, southern Syria, the Syrian Ministry of Interior said Thursday, state-run SANA news agency reported.
“In light of the ongoing violations, Israeli occupation military forces, consisting of tanks, armoured personnel carriers, and vehicles, accompanied by a reconnaissance drone, invaded the village of Beit Jinn in the Qatana area of the Damascus countryside at dawn today and carried out raids and arrests targeting a number of citizens, resulting in the kidnapping of seven people” the ministry said in a statement.
It explained that the escalation was accompanied by direct gunfire on residents of the village, resulting in the martyrdom of one civilian.
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