⁍ Israeli aircraft attacked targets in Syria on Monday, the military said.

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⁍ It described the strikes as retaliation for an attempted bombing of the border fence by an enemy squad.

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⁍ Tensions have risen along Israel’s northern front since a fighter with the Iranian-backed Lebanese movement Hezbollah was killed in an apparent Israeli air strike in Syria two weeks ago.

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– The Israeli military says it attacked “entinel posts, intelligence collection systems, anti-aircraft batteries, and command-and-control bases” in Syria early Monday in response to an attempted bombing of the Golan Heights border fence, the AP reports. The Israeli military says it was responding to an attempt by a group of four people to plant explosives on a patrolled fence along the Golan line between Israel and Syria. In that incident, reported by Israel early on Monday, the military fired on the squad. Surveillance video showed the group engulfed in an explosion. An Israeli military spokesman referred to them as “former terrorists,” suggesting they had been killed. The military spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus, said it was too soon to say if the squad belonged to any organization, but that Israel held “the Syrian regime accountable.” Monday’s strikes hit Syrian observation posts, intelligence collection systems, anti-aircraft batteries, and command-and-control bases, an Israeli military statement said. Syrian state media said Israeli helicopters fired at Syrian checkpoints in al-Qunaitra, on the Golan Heights, causing material losses. There was no immediate word on any casualties. The Israeli military said it was responding to an attempt by a group of four people to plant explosives on a patrolled fence along the Golan line between Israel and Syria. In that incident, reported by Israel early on Monday, the military fired on the squad. Surveillance video showed the group engulfed in an explosion. An Israeli military spokesman referred to them as “former terrorists,” suggesting they had been killed.