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Government officially labels IS as terror group
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe government officially labels the Islamic State group and the Nusra Front as terrorist organizations, following recommendations by the Shin Bet security service.
On Saturday, an Arab Israeli man from the central Israeli town of Jaljulia crossed the Golan Heights border to Syria on a hang glider, the IDF said. Large military forces were mobilized to the Golan Heights border on Saturday night after a lookout position spotted him crossing the border and landing in Syrian territory in an area controlled by a rebel group affiliated with al Qaeda.
The man, a 23-year-old, crossed the border in order to join a terror group based in Syria, the IDF said.
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