Two armed men were shot by IDF troops on the Golan Heights after attempting to cross into Israel from Syria, the IDF said in a statement on Sunday.
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At least one of the individuals, who had been spotted by IDF forces monitoring movement along the hostile border, was successfully hit. They had crossed the official border but were stopped before they could breach the fence running just west of it. The IDF forces provided first aid to one of the would-be infiltrators, who was later medically evacuated to a facility in Israel.
It was unclear if they were sent by various terrorist organizations as part of the ongoing rise in hostilities between Israel and Palestinians over the weekened, which saw seven Israeli residents murdered near a Jerusalem synagogue on Friday night and two additional Israelis wounded by a 13-year-old terrorist near the capital's old city.
Israeli authorities are examining the possibility that the two were part of the Lebanese Shiite terror group Hezbollah, which has been trying to increase its presence on the Syrian Golan Heights, in what could have been an attempt to carry out a solidarity attack.
The incident was still being investigated, but from what it appears, the two were warned that they had approached too close to the border and after subsequent warning shots failed to stop them, they were shot at directly, as is required by the rules of engagement whenever there is a potential attack in the making. While there are frequent cases of Syrians who move close to the border – usually to collect wood or herd their sheep – they usually turn away when confronted by IDF troops.
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