Syrian refugees treated in Israeli hospital for first time | The Times of Israel

A sign warns of mines near the Syrian border with Israel in the Golan Heights. (photo credit: Flash90)

Five wounded Syrian refugees were evacuated to a hospital in Israel Saturday as clashes between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime spilled into the Syrian side of the Golan Heights — dangerously close to Israel’s northern border.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers treated the five Syrians wounded Saturday near the northern security fence along the frontier in the Golan Heights. She would not elaborate and spoke on condition of anonymity in line with protocol.

The five reached the Israeli border with a larger group of refugees escaping the violence in Syria. The wounded Syrians, said to be in serious condition, were given preliminary treatment on the border after they were found to be unarmed. They were then transferred by IDF troops to Ziv Hospital in Safed in military ambulances — a first since the violence in Syria began nearly two years ago.........

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