Israel says it carries out an operation targeting a “terrorist” in southern Syria on Saturday. Syrian officials say the strike involves a drone hitting a civilian vehicle near Damascus, and they condemn it as a violation of Syria’s territory.
According to Syria’s foreign ministry and state media, a drone strike hits a road near Beit Jinn village in the countryside west of the capital, injuring civilians. Syrian state television reports one person is injured. Israel’s military statement, according to the reports, describes the action as targeting a “terrorist,” without matching Syria’s characterization of the target as a civilian vehicle.
Both accounts refer to a drone strike in the same area and time period, but they diverge on the nature of the target and the attribution of responsibility. Syria calls it an attack on civilians and an infringement of sovereignty, while Israel frames it as a counterterrorism operation.
