The IDF said Wednesday it located and returned three Israeli civilians who crossed the border into Syria near Mount Hermon on Tuesday night. The three, members of the 'Bashan Pioneers' activist group, spent the night in Syria before being returned to Israeli territory and transferred to police. The military condemned the incident as a serious disruption of operations.
The three Israelis, members of the 'Bashan Pioneers' group, crossed the border in the Mount Hermon area on Tuesday evening and spent the night in Syria, the IDF confirmed Wednesday. Troops located them Wednesday morning and returned them to Israel, where they were handed over to police for questioning. The IDF condemned the incident as 'another serious disruption to operational activity' and a danger to troops, calling on law enforcement to prosecute those involved. The Bashan Pioneers, which advocates for establishing Israeli communities in Syria, has made several border crossing attempts in recent weeks. As The Zioneer reported, the IDF detained 70 activists from the group on July 6 while preventing a similar crossing attempt, and has stopped several other attempts since.
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