Israeli troops carried out a targeted overnight operation in southern Syria to apprehend operatives from the Jaama Islamiya terrorist organization, encountering heavy gunfire that left six IDF soldiers wounded, three of them seriously, the military said on Friday.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, the raid in the Beit Jinn area targeted terrorists planning attacks against Israelis.

“Overnight [Friday], following intelligence information gathered in the past several weeks, IDF troops of the 55th Reserve Brigade under the command of the 210th Division went on an operation to apprehend suspects from the Jaama Islamiya terrorist organization,” the IDF said. “During the activity, several armed terrorists opened fire at the troops, who responded with fire toward the terrorists, along wit

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