Dozens of Druze Israelis cross the border following suicide attack in Syria; IDF returns them

Dozens of Druze Israelis crossed the border into Syria following a deadly suicide attack in a neaby Druze-Syrian village of Hader on Friday. The IDF retrieved them within minutes. Druze protestors also damaged the border fence.

Earlier on Friday, nine Syrian residents were killed and 23 were wounded by a rare suicide attack on Friday near the Syrian-Israeli border, this according to Damascus-based Arab news agency SANA. As a result of the attack, an Israeli citizen from the Druze village of Majdal Shams was lightly injured and subsequently treated for his injuries. The attack took place in the Syrian village of Hader, which is close to the Druze-Israeli town of Majdal Shams.

The village of Hader sits within the Quneitra Governate, considered to be one of President Bashar al-Assad's military strongholds in the Syrian Golan Heights. According to unconfirmed reports, a car bomb was used in the attack.