The IDF is currently assisting the UN forces in repelling an attack that was carried out by armed individuals at a UN post in the Hader area in Syria, the IDF announced Saturday evening.
“We are monitoring to ensure that local elements do not turn in our direction – there is a very strong offensive and defensive response in place,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi said at the Syrian border later Saturday evening.
The IDF ordered reinforcements be sent to the Golan Heights after southern Syrian rebels took over much of the south and border region on Friday.
The town of Hader lies just over the border from the Golan Heights, near the town of Majdal Shams, where Hezbollah killed 12 children.
A UN base sits between the Israeli-controlled territory to the west and the Syrian-controlled territory to the east.
The Golan Regional Council informed its residents that “in the last few minutes, gunfire has been heard in the area. This is the firing of our forces, who are deployed in defense in the area.”
Residents of the Golan told Maariv that they were wary of developments and weren’t sure whether the rebels would be any different than Assad.
Who hit who?
It is still unclear who attacked the base, with multiple disparate groups fighting in the south as the rebels began to take hold only last night.
The southern uprisings began on Friday night after northern rebels advanced on Homs, threatening to cut off the Syrian government from the sea and Russian support.
Southern groups are not united politically, being composed of several factions, ranging from local self-defense militias to organized Druze militias to jihadist groups that were in hiding.
This is a developing story.
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