Israel launches airstrike on Syrian border after seeing militants with bombs

On Sunday, an Israeli airstrike reportedly killed four suspected militants who approached the Israel-Syria border with an explosive device.

In a statement, the army said that as the group began to come closer to Israeli forces, an Israeli aircraft was launched and fired, killing all four. The incident took place east of Majdal Shams, a Druze village on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights, and the army has raised its alert level along the northern border of Israel, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Reports emerged on Saturday that airstrikes attributed to Israel hit army and Hezbollah targets in Syria earlier in the week, but Israel's army did not comment. On Sunday, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said, without directly mentioning the strikes, that the country "will not allow the transfer of advanced weapons to terror organizations, first and foremost Hezbollah." He said Iran was arming Hezbollah, and Israel would "not allow Iran and Hezbollah to build terror infrastructure on our border with Syria. ... We can put our hands on anyone threatening Israel's citizens."

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