Video footage appears to show Israeli soldiers firing toward a Syrian news crew reporting on the IDF's entry into the village of Abdin, west of Daraa in southern Syria. The team reported that children were nearby when the gunfire occurred. No casualties have been reported.
New video footage, circulated Monday morning, shows IDF soldiers opening fire in the direction of a Syrian news crew reporting on the Israeli military's incursion into the village of Abdin, west of Daraa in southern Syria. The Syrian News Channel team told Syrian media that children were standing near the crew when Israeli forces fired. No injuries have been reported.
The incident follows three consecutive nights of Israeli military operations in the Abdin area, as The Zioneer has reported. On Sunday night, residents clashed with IDF forces blocking village entrances with stones, and troops reportedly opened fire and used artillery. Early Monday, armed militants also opened fire on IDF troops in the same security zone, with no Israeli casualties.
The new footage adds an apparent instance of fire directed at journalists to the escalating friction in southern Syria, where Israeli forces have been operating to enforce a security zone beyond the 1974 disengagement line. The IDF has not commented on the report.
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