Israel says man shot to death on Golan Heights ‘probably’ not militant

30 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Israeli Army has affirmed this Monday that the two people who approached the border on Sunday in the Golan Heights, one of whom was shot dead by soldiers, “probably” were not preparing an attack or sabotage action.

Thus, he has indicated in a statement published on his account on the social network Twitter that “the preliminary investigation shows that they probably did not participate in a sabotage activity”, before adding that “the incident is being investigated”.

The Army has detailed that the “armed suspects” were identified through security cameras deployed in the area and has stressed that they crossed the border from Syrian territory and approached the fence erected in the area.

In response, several soldiers went to the area for “an arrest procedure for suspects that included shooting, as a result of which one of the suspects was injured.” The man later died “from his injuries”, while the second person returned to Syrian territory.

After the event, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which specializes in monitoring the war in Syria, indicated that both suspects were members of the Lebanese Shiite party-militia Hezbollah who “attempted to infiltrate the Israeli side of the Golan Heights from Syria.” “.

The Golan Heights is a territory that Israel seized from Syria during the Six-Day War (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973) and that it effectively annexed in 1981, in a move not recognized by the international community. .