The Israeli-Syrian

border on the Golan

Heights

Humanitarian Aid

Israel's IDF is aiding Syrian Citizens injured in battle.

Times of Israel

T

hree Syrian civilians severely
wounded in battle across the
Syrian border were transported

Saturday to Israel for medical treatment.
The three, who suffered from shrapnel
and gunshot wounds, were transferred
to the Ziv Medical Center in Safed. It is
unclear whether they took part in the

fighting.
More than 100 Syrian citizens have
been treated in Israel since the outbreak of
the Syrian civil war two years ago, Yediot
Ahronot reported June 27. According to

the report, the Israeli government had
downplayed the number of admitted
patients, fearing that it would lead to an
increase in refugees.
Five Syrians remain hospitalized at Ziv
besides the injured trio admitted Saturday.
Earlier this month, Defense Minister
Moshe Ya'alon confirmed for the first time
that Israel is operating a field hospital on
the Syrian border. He said the IDF was
transferring severely wounded Syrian
nationals to Israeli hospitals for treatment.
Initial reports of an IDF field hospital in
the Golan Heights surfaced in February.
"Our policy is to help in humanitarian
cases, and to that end we are operating
a field hospital along the Syrian border;
Ya'alon told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs
and Defense Committee. "In cases where
there are badly wounded, we transfer them
to Israeli hospitals. We have no intention
of opening refugee camps:"
The IDF has kept secret the identities of
Syrian nationals treated in Israel.

Ilan Ben Zion and Adiv Sterman contributed to
this report

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