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Israel kills 4 IS-linked gunmen in Golan

AFP/Jerusalem

November 27, 2016 | 01:12 PM

The Syrian area of Quneitra is seen in the background as an out-of-commission Israeli tank parks on a hill, near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. August 21, 2015 file picture.

Israeli forces killed four gunmen belonging to an Islamic State affiliate in Syria who had opened fire on soldiers in the occupied Golan Heights on Sunday, a military spokesman said.Spokesman Peter Lerner told AFP the Israeli soldiers were targeted with machinegun fire and mortars and replied with fire, before the air force bombed the vehicle carrying the gunmen identified as members of "Shuhada al-Yarmouk, an IS affiliate".

By AFP/Jerusalem

November 27, 2016 | 01:12 PM