4 soldiers injured in explosion near Syrian border

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4 soldiers injured in explosion near Syrian border Mar 18, 2014 16:10:54 GMT shiloh likes this

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Post by elizabeth on Mar 18, 2014 16:10:54 GMT

Edited to add: This is the Hezbollah spin on things. Who knows if it really was a kidnapping attempt or not. Liz

This article is interesting because it happened near the border with Syria, and Benjamin Netanyahu commented on the problem with the N. border.

Hezbollah Sources: Jeep Attack a Kidnapping Attempt
The explosion on the Golan Heights Tuesday that injured three IDF soldiers was a failed kidnapping attempt, Hezbollah sources said.

Hezbollah sources said Tuesday that an explosion on the Golan Heights that injured three IDF soldiers had been an attempt to kidnap soldiers. The kidnapping attempt was reported by Al-Manar television, a Lebanese news outlet associated with Hezbollah. The reported quoted Hezbollah sources as saying that although the attempt failed “this time, we are sure we will succeed in the near future.”

Reports said that the IDF was investigating whether the soldiers were injured when they got out of the jeep. The reports said that the soldiers had seen a suspicious figure, and had sought to capture him.

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4 soldiers injured in explosion near Syrian border Mar 18, 2014 16:18:02 GMT shiloh likes this

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4 soldiers injured in explosion near Syrian border
One of the wounded in grave condition; army fires artillery shells at targets inside Syria in response to roadside bombing

Four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded on Tuesday when their patrol jeep apparently ran over a bomb near the Israel-Syria border. The army initially said three soldiers were lightly to moderately injured but later announced that there was a fourth soldier wounded and that he was in “severe” condition.

The incident occurred near Majdal Shams, and the soldiers were evacuated to Rambam Hospital in Haifa. They were apparently hit after they spotted a suspicious person near the fence and approached to investigate.

Light arms fire was also apparently directed at the patrol, according to Maariv.

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4 soldiers injured in explosion near Syrian border Mar 18, 2014 22:19:24 GMT

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Post by Benjamin on Mar 18, 2014 22:19:24 GMT

It wouldn't surprise me at all if it were a kidnapping attempt.
They're in vogue, thanks to the Gilad Shalit case. The enemies of Israel profited greatly from his return... and know that Israel will pay handsomely for the return of their citizens now. Both Hezbollah and the Jihadist groups of Gaza have taken note of that, and threatened further kidnappings.
I think we'll see this more and more often now.

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