Israel abducts 9 after Syrians ‘lynch’ Takfiri

Israeli forces have abducted nine Syrian Druze residents after members of the religious community killed a Takfiri terrorist in Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

The abductions came after a group of Syrian Druze attacked a military ambulance taking anti-Syria Takfiri militants for treatment on Monday. One militant was killed, while another militant and two Israeli soldiers were injured. The second terrorist is said to be in critical condition.

The Golan Heights attack was launched in reprisal for the massacre of at least 20 Druze in northwestern Syria by al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria, the al-Nusra Front.

Also on Monday, another military ambulance was stoned in the town of Hurfesh in the Galilee region in the north of the occupied Palestinian territories.

"An extensive wave of arrests was conducted overnight of suspects involved in two incidents of attacking military ambulances near Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights and near Hurfesh," said a Wednesday statement by the Israeli police.

The Golan Heights attack was launched in reprisal for the massacre of at least 20 Druze in northwestern Syria by al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria, the al-Nusra Front.

Israel has been giving medical treatment to militant groups fighting the Syrian government.

Israeli Army spokesman Major Arye Shalicar said there was "no change" in the Israeli policy of providing "humanitarian" medical care to wounded Syrians who approach the ceasefire line on the Golan Heights. Tel Aviv occupied the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War of 1967.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the killing as a "lynching."