Israel releases body-cam video of deadly Syria raid targeting Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated terrorists

The IDF released body-camera footage Friday from a uncommon face-to-face weapon conflict successful confederate Syria, wherever troops from the 55th Brigade were fired connected portion arresting members of al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, a Sunni violent radical Israel identifies arsenic portion of the wider Muslim Brotherhood network. 

The cross-border weapon conflict comes arsenic the Trump medication moves to people Brotherhood affiliates and tensions spike betwixt Netanyahu and Syria’s interim president.

The overnight cognition took spot successful the Beit Jann area, astir 10 kilometers wrong Syria, nether the 210th Division. According to the IDF, troops entered the country to detain suspects progressive successful planting IEDs and readying aboriginal attacks against Israel, including imaginable rocket fire. Two suspects were arrested earlier an speech of occurrence erupted.

Six IDF soldiers were wounded, including 3 successful superior condition. Several terrorists were killed, the IDF said, and the suspects were transferred to Israel for interrogation.

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IDF troops determination done the Beit Jann country successful confederate Syria during the overnight cognition to apprehend members of Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, the Muslim Brotherhood-linked militant group. (IDF) (IDF)

Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, founded arsenic the Lebanese subdivision of the Muslim Brotherhood, has cooperated with Hamas and Hezbollah, maintaining infrastructure successful confederate Lebanon and on the Syria-Lebanon border. The IDF says it has struck the organization’s sites successful Syria and Lebanon repeatedly during the existent war.

Channel 12 governmental analogous Amit Segal noted Friday that the incidental marks the archetypal clip since December 2024 — erstwhile Israeli forces took power of the Syrian broadside of Mount Hermon — that Israeli troops were wounded successful a Syrian firefight.

Segal wrote: "Could Syria go the IDF’s caller Lebanon? … With six soldiers wounded overnight, the large question is whether this is simply a one-off event, oregon if it signals the opening of a long, uncomfortable Israeli beingness successful Syria."

Tensions betwixt Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu person intensified since Sharaa’s unprecedented sojourn to Washington earlier this month. Sharaa met President Donald Trump astatine the White House for discussions connected sanctions alleviation and counterterrorism coordination, making him the archetypal Syrian person to sojourn Washington since the Syrian warfare began.

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Israeli forces unafraid the country astir Beit Jann aft detaining 2 suspects and coming nether occurrence successful 1 of the astir superior clashes connected the Syrian beforehand this year. (IDF)

Netanyahu publically criticized the sojourn the aforesaid day, saying Sharaa "returned inflated with a consciousness of planetary legitimacy," and informing that immoderate U.S.-Syria discussions indispensable "not travel astatine Israel’s expense."

Additional reporting successful the Jerusalem Post and Channel 12 noted that information arrangements affecting Israel’s bluish beforehand were discussed successful wide presumption betwixt U.S. and Syrian officials, though nary agreements were reached, and Washington stressed that consultations with Israel were ongoing.

Friday's clash came the aforesaid week the Trump medication launched a sweeping effort to designate Muslim Brotherhood affiliates arsenic violent organizations. The White House directive instructs national agencies to measure and authorisation Brotherhood entities successful countries including Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, citing planetary financial, governmental and operational ties among affiliates.

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IDF armored vehicles maneuver successful the Beit Jann country of confederate Syria during the overnight counterterrorism cognition against Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya. (IDF)

The White House connection said the Brotherhood "fuels coercion and destabilization campaigns against U.S. interests and allies."

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, praised the determination connected his podcast Verdict, telling co-host Ben Ferguson that the designation marks the culmination of a decennary of legislative efforts. Cruz said "This is virtually 10 years of hard work, and it volition marque America safer due to the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood is backing terrorists that privation to execution you and privation to execution me."

He noted that galore U.S. allies successful the Middle East — including Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE — person already outlawed the organization, telling listeners: "They truly privation the United States to bash what President Trump did this week."

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As Washington intensifies unit connected Brotherhood-linked movements, Israel is progressively confronting Brotherhood-affiliated equipped groups crossed the bluish arena — from Hamas successful Gaza to al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya successful Syria and Lebanon.

With Beit Jann emerging arsenic a focal constituent for cross-border operations, and American argumentation tightening, analysts accidental the determination confrontations involving Brotherhood-connected groups whitethorn beryllium entering a caller phase.