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Israeli Forces Kill Disabled Syrian Civilian in Jamla Raid

The incident heightens concern after the UN reported hundreds of armed incursions and dozens of Syrians held by Israel, signaling stalled talks over a formal security arrangement.

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Mourners on motorcycles accompany a pickup truck carrying the coffin of Muath Salama al-Baeer, a young man with a disability who state media said was killed during an early morning Israeli military incursion, during his funeral procession in Jamla, in the Yarmouk Basin area of western Daraa province, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Mourners attend the funeral of Muath Salama al-Baeer, a young man with a disability who, according to state media, was killed during an early morning Israeli military incursion into Jamla, in the Yarmouk Basin area of western Daraa province, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Mourners lower the coffin of Muath Salama al-Baeer, a young man with a disability who state media said was killed during an early morning Israeli military incursion, into a grave in Jamla, in the Yarmouk Basin area of western Daraa province, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Overview

  • Israeli troops entered the village of Jamla in Deraa and shot dead a developmentally disabled man during a raid, residents and Syria’s state news agency reported on Thursday; the victim’s body was taken to Deraa National Hospital.
  • The Israeli military said soldiers identified a suspect approaching them and used force during an overnight operation and added the killing is under review.
  • The United Nations has documented a sharp rise in cross-border activity, reporting 280 armed incursions into southern Syria in September and saying Israel holds 49 Syrians, with some released detainees alleging mistreatment.
  • Syrian authorities condemned the raid and other recent operations as violations that include home searches, detentions and the destruction of olive groves in Quneitra and Deraa, and they urged international action.
  • The raids follow a policy shift after December 2024 when Israel declared the 1974 disengagement arrangements void and moved to control the southern buffer zone, a change that experts and regional actors say risks prolonging instability and stalling any formal security deal.