United States President Donald Trump has called on Israel to maintain strong and true dialogue with Syria, adding it is very important that nothing takes place that will interfere with Syria's evolution into a prosperous state. The statement on Truth Social on Monday came days after Israel launched its latest incursion and strikes on Syria, killing 13 people in the countryside outside of Damascus in what the fledgling government of President Ahmed al-Sharaa decried as a war crime.
Local sources told Al Jazeera on Friday that nine Syrians people were killed and others wounded in Israeli artillery and missile strikes targeting the town of Beit Jinn. Clashes between the residents and the invading Israeli force erupted after the incursion. Several Israeli soldiers were reportedly injured. Israeli sources initially reported that two of its soldiers were wounded, while two Syrian civilians were killed.