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Israeli air strike kills IS group militants in Golan Heights

<span style="color: #222222;">An Israeli air strike has killed seven militants believed to be linked to Islamic State group and seeking to infiltrate the country from the Syrian Golan Heights. <br />''<br />''The army confirmed yesterday that the strikes carried out late Wednesday hit Islamic State group's Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade who had crossed the Alpha line in the Syria-Jordan-Israel border triangle area. <br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A local newspaper says next morning when troops from the Nahal Brigade searched the area they found the terrorists' bodies as well as five AK-47 assault rifles, bullet-proof vests, grenades and what looked to be suicide belts.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The incident occurred as Syrian regime forces are in the final stages of their offensive to recapture the Syrian Golan Heights from rebel groups and fighters in southwestern Syria.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, Israel's defence minister described Syria's return to its pre-civil war situation and predicted that the Golan Heights frontier would be quieter with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's central rule restored. </span><br />''  <br />

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