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Al Raya newspaper highlighted the extent of regional and international concern over the latest Israeli attack on Syria, affirming that the escalation threatens efforts to restore stability to the country.In its editorial on Saturday, the paper referred to the massacre carried out by Israel at dawn on Friday in the Beit Jinn area in the Damascus countryside, which resulted in the killing of 13 people and the injury of others. It said that the attack falls within a series of systematic assaults targeting Syrian territory without justification, and that they come as part of Israel’s expansionist schemes.The paper added that this aggressive behavior comes at a time when international efforts are moving toward helping the new Syria recover and rebuild, making any military escalation a direct factor in disrupting the country. It stressed that the repeated Israeli attacks constitute a blatant violation of Syrian sovereignty and aim to create new pretexts for occupying Arab lands by exploiting the weakness of Syria’s security infrastructure during the recovery phase.Al Rayah noted that the State of Qatar strongly condemned the Israeli attack as a flagrant violation of international and humanitarian law, warning that continued assaults will increase regional tensions and undermine efforts aimed at restoring security and stability.In this context, it highlighted the State of Qatar’s call on the international community to act immediately and stop the violations and hold those responsible accountable in accordance with international conventions.Al Raya also noted that Israel encourages certain factions within Syria to secede or rebel, considering that these policies are aimed at preventing Syria from regaining stability, as Israel is the sole beneficiary of any state of chaos in the region. It warned that continued Israeli attacks could push the region toward a wide-scale regional war from which no party would emerge unscathed, stressing that this path carries catastrophic risks for all amid the interlinked security and military files in the Middle East.The paper called on the international community to adopt a firmer stance toward Israeli violations and work to prevent sliding into an open confrontation that could destabilize the entire region.Al Raya concluded its editorial by saying that the latest Israeli attack is a dangerous indicator of the continuation of the escalation policy, and that any international disregard for these assaults will weaken pathways to a solution in Syria and keep the region trapped in a circle of tension.

The Israeli entity continued its attacks on villages and towns in southern Lebanon. Field sources reported that Israeli warplanes raided, around midnight, the outskirts of the towns of Beit Lev and Ramiya, causing severe damage to property and crops.Israeli army forces also fired incendiary bombs at the forests adjacent to the Blue Line, opposite the towns of Naqoura and Alma al-Shaab. Additionally, Israeli warplanes carried out more than one raid on the villages of the western and central sectors in Naqoura, Al-Mansouri and Mays Al-Jabal, which led to a number of deaths.Israeli forces continued, until Tuesday morning, to fire flares over the border villages adjacent to the Blue Line in the western and central sectors, reaching the outskirts of the city of Tyre, in conjunction with reconnaissance flights over the border villages in the Tyre district and the sea coast, up to the Litani River.The Israeli entity continues its escalation against the towns and villages of southern Lebanon, coinciding with its ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, which has resulted in the deaths and injuries of civilians and forced hundreds of families to flee their homes.