Grenade blast kills 2 Israeli soldiers

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AFP Jerusalem
Last Updated : Jul 17 2016 | 8:22 PM IST
A grenade explosion killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others today near a military outpost in the Golan Heights, the army said in a statement.
The incident occurred at Mount Hermon near the demarcation line with Syria. Details on how the Israeli grenade went off were being investigated.
The two soldiers killed were identified as Staff Sergeant Hussam Tafesh, a 24-year-old Druze, and Sergeant Shlomo Rindenow, 20 and originally from the United States.
Israeli media reported that one of the soldiers exited an army vehicle holding the grenade and approached another soldier standing outside the outpost when it exploded.
Israel seized 1,200 square kilometres (460 square miles) of the Golan Heights from Syria in the Six-Day War of 1967 and later annexed it in a move never recognised by the international community.
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First Published: Jul 17 2016 | 8:22 PM IST

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