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Israel says air strike on Syrian border was targeting militants
Source: Associated Press
Israel says air strike on Syrian border was targeting militants
Associated Press in Jerusalem
Sunday 26 April 2015 23.31 BST
Israel’s military said on Sunday it launched an air strike on its border with Syria after spotting militants carrying a bomb in the Israeli-held Golan Heights.
The military said it carried out the strike after troops saw “a group of armed terrorists” approach the border with an explosive intended to target Israeli troops. It said that Israeli aircraft “targeted the squad, preventing the attack.”
It did not offer a casualty figure for the strike. Iran’s state-run, English-language satellite news channel Press TV later reported four people had been killed in an Israeli air strike in the Golan Heights, without elaborating.
On Twitter, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent messages commending the soldiers involved in the strike.
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Associated Press in Jerusalem
Sunday 26 April 2015 23.31 BST
Israel’s military said on Sunday it launched an air strike on its border with Syria after spotting militants carrying a bomb in the Israeli-held Golan Heights.
The military said it carried out the strike after troops saw “a group of armed terrorists” approach the border with an explosive intended to target Israeli troops. It said that Israeli aircraft “targeted the squad, preventing the attack.”
It did not offer a casualty figure for the strike. Iran’s state-run, English-language satellite news channel Press TV later reported four people had been killed in an Israeli air strike in the Golan Heights, without elaborating.
On Twitter, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent messages commending the soldiers involved in the strike.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/26/israel-air-strike-syria-militants
