Israel Hayom reports that five girls were arrested Wednesday in the Mount Hermon area on suspicion of attempting to illegally cross the border into Syria. The circumstances of the incident are not yet known.
01 · THE DISPATCH
The five girls were arrested on suspicion of attempting to cross the border into Syria, according to Israel Hayom. This is the first reported case involving minors attempting to cross into Syria from the Mount Hermon area. In a separate incident earlier this month, the IDF detained several settler activists who attempted to cross into Syria at the same location. The relationship between the two incidents is not known.
02 · How it developed
2 developments
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03 · Source and signal
Source and signal
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