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A newly built military field hospital in Israeli army base 105 is pictured from the Israeli side of the occupied Golan Heights on March 27, 2013. In the past month, 11 Syrian fighters have been treated in Israel. (AFP)

Israeli medics transferred a wounded Syrian to hospital in Israel after he crossed the armistice line on the Golan Heights in a serious condition, an army spokeswoman said on Saturday.
This came as Syrian opposition made advances against regime troops in several parts of the country, seizing a strategic neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo.

“In light of his medical state, and based on humanitarian considerations, chief of staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz approved the injured Syrian’s transfer to hospital in Israel for further medical treatment,” she said.

“On his release from hospital, he will be returned to Syria.”

The spokeswoman would not say whether the wounded man was a civilian or rebel fighter. She also stressed that the incident did not indicate a change in Israel’s policy, which discourages Syrian refugees from entering Israel but affords medical treatment in serious cases..............
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