The military said it carried out the strike after troops saw „a group of armed terrorists“ approach the border with an explosive that was intended to target Israeli troops. It said that Israeli aircraft „targeted the squad preventing the attack.“

It did not offer any casualty figure for the strike. It also was not immediately clear which armed group in Syria had attempted the attack. The Israeli military said it was the first such attack this year, although there have been others in the past since Syria‘s civil war began in 2011.