According to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, seven “militants” were killed by the airstrike.

The broadcaster did not provide any further details. 

In a statement, the Israeli army appeared to confirm the strikes, saying its aircraft had fired on a concentration of “terrorist operatives” on the Syrian side of the ceasefire line. 

While searching the area on Thursday morning, Israeli troops found explosive belts and an AK-47 assault rifle, according to the army statement.

Shells fired from Syrian territory occasionally land in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, prompting “retaliatory” strikes by Israeli warplanes. 

Israel has occupied most of the Syrian Golan Heights since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.