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.
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Israeli forces have killed a developmentally disabled man during a raid in Syria's Daraa province, according to state media and residents. The man was buried Thursday in the village of Jamla. The state news agency reported he was killed during an Israeli incursion. Residents said he had Down syndrome and was unarmed. The Israeli military said that soldiers fired at a suspect who approached them during an operation. Syria's Foreign Ministry condemned the killing and urged the international community to stop Israeli attacks. Residents are calling for action against Israeli incursions. Israel seized control of a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone in southern Syria in 2024 and has occupied it since.