Syria: The Israeli Aggression is a Complete War Crime

Syria condemned in the strongest terms the criminal aggression carried out by an Israeli patrol early today (Friday), by infiltrating into the territory of the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside, and its blatant attack on the residents and their properties, which led to direct clashes as the townspeople confronted the aggressive patrol and forced it to withdraw from Syrian territory.

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates stated in a statement that the occupation forces' attempt to target the town of Beit Jinn with brutal and deliberate shelling, following their failed incursion, constitutes a complete war crime after committing a horrific massacre that resulted in the deaths of more than ten civilians, including women and children, and caused a large displacement movement due to the ongoing barbaric and deliberate shelling of the homes of the safe, holding the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for this serious aggression and the resulting casualties and destruction.

The ministry considered that the continuation of these criminal aggressions threatens security and stability in the region and comes within the framework of a systematic policy to destabilize the situation and impose an aggressive reality by force, renewing its demand for the international community, the United Nations, and the Arab League to take urgent action to put an end to the policy of aggression and the repeated violations committed by the Israeli occupation against the Syrian people, and to take deterrent measures that ensure respect for international law, the United Nations Charter, Syria's sovereignty, and the integrity of its territory.

The statement indicated that Syria will continue to exercise its legitimate right to defend its land and people by all means permitted by international law, and that these crimes will only increase its adherence to its rights and sovereignty and its rejection of all forms of occupation and aggression.

Thirteen Syrians were killed and 25 others were injured in an Israeli shelling on the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside today, coinciding with the incursion of an Israeli military patrol into the town, according to Syrian television.

The Israeli army acknowledged carrying out the attack on the town and injuring six of its soldiers.