Four soldiers were lightly injured by a blast apparently caused by an old Syrian grenade during operations in southern Syria on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The military said the troops were taken to a hospital for treatment.

According to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers had located weapons during an overnight operation in the Mount Hermon area. Among the weapons was an old grenade that exploded for unclear reasons.

The IDF said the operation in the area has been wrapped up, and the blast is being investigated.

Israel has been involved militarily in Syria since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024. In the immediate aftermath, Israel occupied Syria’s demilitarized zone and destroyed most of the Assad military’s facilities in a widespread bombing campaign.

Since the fall of the Assad regime, the IDF has been deployed to nine posts inside southern Syria, mostly within the UN-patrolled buffer zone.

Syria’s state-run news agency SANA

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