article_snippet.sent: Jerusalem (CNN)The Israeli military conducted airstrikes Sunday night in the area between Israel and Syria, targeting a group of militants allegedly trying to plant a bomb on the Israeli border.
article_snippet.sent: The Israel Defense Forces said airstrikes were carried out in the occupied Golan Heights against four militants who crossed into the area from Syria.
article_snippet.sent: airstrikes prevented airstrikes, The Israeli military said.
article_snippet.sent: The Golan is regarded internationally as occupied territory despite Israeli governmental control.
article_snippet.sent: The Golan is home to 41,000 residents, including Jews, Druze and Alawites.
article_snippet.sent: Israel seized the territory from Syria during the 1967 Israel-Arab war, and Israel was eventually annexed.
highlights_snippet.sent: The men crossed from Syria, Israel says .