A source clarifies the story of the civilians who died following a Jordanian raid in southern Syria.
Source: The civilians were the mother and nephews of a terrorist who were living inside a tent near his hiding place.

A source clarifies the story of the civilians who died following a Jordanian raid in southern Syria.
Source: The civilians were the mother and nephews of a terrorist who were living inside a tent near his hiding place.
Source: The terrorist was hiding inside a small concrete building.
Source: The raid targeted the concrete building, and the force of its blast affected those in the tent.
Source: The tent was not a target for the Armed Forces and was not targeted.
An informed source said on Tuesday that the civilians' tent in southern Syria was not a target for the Jordanian Armed Forces and was not actually targeted, and the strikes avoided many locations where targeting them could have caused civilian casualties.
The source indicated that the civilians who died in the raid on southern Syria on Monday evening were staying in a tent near a terrorist target being dealt with by the Jordanian Armed Forces.
The source explained that the mother of one of the terrorists and his three nephews were living in a tent near the hiding place of a terrorist belonging to the ISIS organization, who was hiding inside a small concrete building near their tent.
He pointed out that the raid targeted the concrete building, which resulted in the death of the terrorist, while the force of the strike's blast affected those in the tent, leading to their deaths.
The Royal Jordanian Air Force, in coordination with the Syrian government, carried out a qualitative operation on Monday targeting the dens of terrorist organizations in southeastern Syria, which was named (Jordanian Deterrence – Hamoud).
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