The IDF now discloses that the terrorist cell killed this morning in the Golan Heights area was under surveillance for two weeks and suspected of planning to infiltrate Israel and carry out a major attack deep inside the country, journalist Hillel Biton Rosen reports. Special forces and Brigade 6 directed an IAF strike that eliminated the cell as they approached the border.
The IDF has revealed that the terrorist cell eliminated this morning in the Golan Heights area was under operational surveillance for two weeks and was suspected of planning to infiltrate Israel and carry out a major attack deep inside the country, journalist Hillel Biton Rosen reports. Special forces and Brigade 6 personnel directed an Israeli Air Force strike that killed the cell as they approached the border, the IDF said.
As The Zioneer reported at 09:35, the IDF initially confirmed the elimination of a terrorist cell in the Syria-Golan area, with versions of the story citing surveillance and a planned attack. At 09:37, The Zioneer published an article noting a two-week surveillance operation and special forces directing the strike. By 09:44, a further bulletin confirmed the cell had been under surveillance for two weeks and was eliminated by special forces and Brigade 6 directing an aircraft strike. This morning's disclosure (the current update) adds that the cell was specifically plotting a major attack deep inside Israel, beyond the border area.
The cell's elimination comes amid ongoing Israeli security activity along the Syrian frontier. As The Zioneer reported on Sunday (28 June), Etzioni Brigade troops eliminated several armed terrorists in the Israeli security zone in southern Syria as part of efforts to remove threats to Israeli citizens and forces. The cell eliminated today was not operating inside that security zone but was reportedly en route to it from deeper in Syrian territory.
It remains unclear from military statements whether the cell had any direct link to Hezbollah or other Iranian-backed groups active along the Syrian border. The cell's precise location at the time of the strike and the specific intelligence that triggered the two-week surveillance have not been disclosed, with the operation remaining under a partial gag order.
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