PrintRecently, the town of Bayt Jann, which is located in the Jabal al-Shaykh (Mount Hermon) region of Damascus countryside near the borders with Lebanon and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, came to the forefront of international media attention because of an Israeli raid into the town that resulted in the killing of a number of locals and the wounding of a number of Israeli soldiers, who encountered local resistance. Israeli forces conducted the raid on the basis of dismantling an 'Islamic Group' and/or Hamas cell that was plotting to attack Israel. For its part, Lebanon's Islamic Group (al-Jama'a al-Islamiya) has denied operating outside Lebanon and claims to adhere to the ceasefire negotiated between Israel and Lebanon following Hezbollah's defeat in last year's war.
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