On Sunday, an Israeli airstrike reportedly killed four suspected militants who approached the Israel-Syria border with an explosive device. Israel carries out airstrike on Syrian border - http://t.co/KVb2sWrb8k pic.twitter.com/Cxr6BQQD17 — HuffPost UK (@HuffPostUK) April 26, 2015 In a statement, the army said that as the group began to come closer to Israeli forces, an Israeli aircraft was launched and fired, killing all four.