An Israeli watchtower above the Druze village of Majdal Shams, near the Israeli Syrian border (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
As they lie on beds in an Israeli hospital recovering from injuries sustained during fighting in Syria, seven wounded refugees are the subject of a campaign to keep them in Israel legally.
Local Druze communities on the Golan Heights who oppose the Syrian regime sent a letter to Defense Minister Ehud Barak and IDF Chief of General Staff Benny Gantz requesting that the Syrian men be allowed to stay in Israel after they are released from the hospital.
Attorney Fuad Safdi of the Druze village of Majdal Shams said he intended to appeal on behalf of the men that they not be turned over to Syrian authorities after they are released from Ziv Hospital in Safed, where they were taken on Saturday.
FULL ARTICLE HERE: Druze campaign to keep 7 wounded Syrian refugees in Israel | The Times of Israel
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