Israeli sources reported that an Israeli soldier was killed and others were wounded, one seriously, in a bomb explosion near the border with Syria.
The sources said that the soldier was killed in a bomb that hit an army jeep near the border with Syria.
Initial reports suggested that it was a mortal shell, but it has not been confirmed yet.
The Israeli Occupation Forces has responded to this attack by firing back against Syria, although this bomb explosion has not been claimed by anyone so far.
Israel occupied the Golan Heights after invading Syria in the 1967 war in which it also captured the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War. A ceasefire was signed on 11 June 1967 and the Golan Heights came under Israeli military administration.