The Syrian air force targeted positions held by rebels, including Islamists from the al-Qaeda-affiliated al Nusra Front, close to the Israeli border on the Golan Heights on August 28.

The attack followed the reported capture of the Syrian side of the Quneitra border crossing with Israel a day earlier.

While Israel is monitoring the situation very closely, it is understood there are no plans for the Israel Defense Forces to intervene unless there is a direct threat to Israeli sovereignty.

With the Nusra Front, al-Qaida’s Syria wing, now reportedly in control of the Quneitra crossing between Syria and Israel on the Golan Heights, Israel must be very clear about its red lines, former National Security Council head Ya’akov Amidror said Wednesday.

“As in the previous battles between the Assad regime and the rebels, we are not in position to determine the fight or the processes in Syria,” Amidror said in a conference call organized by The Israel Project.

But, he added, “We should be very clear about our red lines: no one will cross the border, and if someone will try, we will kill him.”

The IDF asked famers and others to stay away from the border areas amid crossfire between Syrian army and rebel fighters on August 27. An Israeli officer was wounded by a stray bullet.

(Photo: The Tower)