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it's close to midnight in the
israeli-occupied Golan Heights just a
few hundred yards from the increasingly
dangerous Syrian border a team of
Israeli soldiers is preparing for a
special operation it's potentially
dangerous and it's the first time
they've invited journalists to witness
anything like it
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we wait as the vehicles drive towards
the border into darkness
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five minutes later some news over the
radio elements a party a siave Britain
has a very interesting
before long the unit returns the first
part of their mission is a success only
the mission probably isn't what you
think
rather than fighting their enemies the
Israelis are rescuing them the soldiers
are bringing three wounded Syrian
fighters into Israeli territory for
urgent medical care
father let's assume
what we're seeing here is really quite
astounding a group of Israeli soldiers
training fighters from Syria
you couldn't have imagined it happening
two years ago but it just goes to show
how unpredictable the Middle East has
become and how much this region is
changing about a mile away in Syria an
al-qaeda affiliate known as jamaat al
nusra has seized a swath of land and
Syria's army is trying to take it back
this footage is from a bloody battle
earlier in the day most likely where the
three rescued Syrians were wounded
earlier in the day we drove to a nearby
lookout point in a closed military zone
to get closer to the fighting we've come
up to the Golan Heights in area that's
controlled by Israel it's been
controlled by Israel since 1967 and this
is a tank left over from that period
when they fought a war with Syria for
control of this area since then this has
been the quietest border in Israel
they've only had to deal with conflict
pretty much on the Lebanese side and
with Gaza that's starting to change with
the civil war in Syria raging for the
last two years this has suddenly become
Israel's hottest border
it's easy to hear and see the
not-too-distant sound of shelling on
this day al-nusra forces are fighting
the Syrian army for control of the main
road to Damascus
you can really see things quite clearly
inside Syria from this close-up you can
see the streets you can see all of the
detail of the buildings with binoculars
you can even see the fighters but as is
the case with Syria's deeply complicated
civil war itself it's hard to make out
who the fighters are and what exactly
they're fighting for for now they've
largely left Israel alone
and Israel has pride on the surface to
appear neutral but there are new signs
that Israel is siding with the rebels
United Nations observers recently
reported witnessing IDF soldiers
allowing what appeared to be two
unwanted rebel fighters into Israeli
territory still the IDF maintains that
it's only interaction with rebels is in
humanitarian missions like this
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so we've got the three casualties in
there it looks like the guy on the
ground he's in a lot of pain
the other two seem more or less okay but
they just might be out of it but this
right here this is the fallout from the
most violent war in the world today hi
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they bring the wounded fighters to a
nearby hospital it can't be overstated
what an unusual relationship this is for
everyone involved
Israelis treating fighters who in some
cases are bent on Israel's destruction
but since the start of Syria's Civil War
about a thousand three hundred Syrians
have quietly received medical treatment
inside Israel what's the prognosis for
these guys are they gonna survive what
we're seeing is a high level of
coordination from the Israeli military
directed towards helping these fighters
from inside Syria the question I'm
asking myself is do they have a deal
with one particular faction fighting on
the other side of the border and if they
do what is Israel getting in exchange so
far we've seen according to Israel's own
statistics that 90% of the people that
they're treating have been men so I'm
gonna leap to the conclusion that most
of them have been fighters I think
Israel sees this as being in its overall
interests but I want to know more
specifics I think it was an astronomer
gingiva Thomas Vanek an ally not yet
having evolved a cutlery
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