Islamic State-linked Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade operatives fired mortars at IDF’s Golani reconnaissance unit patrolling the border in southern Golan Heights before the IAF struck them • IAF intervened after troops fired back.
The Israeli Air Force on Sunday struck and killed four terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State group, after they fired mortars and shot at Israel Defense Forces Golani Brigade troops patrolling the border, the IDF said.
The terrorists, members of the Islamic State-linked Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, fired at the Israeli soldiers, who were on Israeli-controlled territory, from a vehicle driving along the Syrian side of the Golan, said Lt. Col. Peter Lerner of the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.