The Israel Defense Forces captured a suspected Islamic State jihadist in an overnight raid earlier this week in southern Syria, the military said in a Saturday statement.

The announcement came after the United States and Jordan conducted airstrikes overnight Friday against Islamic State targets in Syria, in response to a December 13 attack in the Syrian desert that killed two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter.

The US-led strikes killed at least five ISIS operatives, including the leader of a drone cell, according to Syrian and monitoring sources.

The Israeli military said that the suspected ISIS operative was detained in the........

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