Israeli authorities said today that the bodies of two Syrian soldiers killed in a clash Saturday with an Israeli border patrol will be returned to Syria at a point near Kuneitra. The Syrian Government claimed that the soldiers had strayed into Israel-held territory by mistake. Israeli military authorities said they were saboteurs and had penetrated so far into Israeli territory as to obviate the possibility of a mistake. The troops were killed when they failed to respond to a challenge by the patrol.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
