(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - The explosive devices placed on the Israel-Syrian border and uncovered on Tuesday were anti-personnel mines activated remotely and designed to cause maximum injury to IDF troops. The IEDs were hidden inside bushes on the Israeli side of an enclave along the border that previously housed the humanitarian hospital set up by the IDF to treat Syrian civilians wounded in the civil war. Each device contained 2.5 kg. of explosives and 2,000 metal ball-bearings as shrapnel. Each IED would have killed anyone within a 15-meter radius and wounded anyone standing up to 50 meters away. The IEDs were placed along the border three weeks ago by Syrian residents of the area, guided and assisted by the Iranian Quds forces. Israeli military sources said Iranian troops are still on the ground in Syria and continue to transport weapons into the country and to command pro-Iranian militias on the Golan Heights.
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