Israel military chief visits border amid tension

The visit comes after the Israeli military said that its attack helicopters struck several positions of Syrian army on Friday in response to unspecified munitions that were fired on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate for the killing of its fighters in Syria, leading to Israel sending infantry reinforcements to its northern border with Lebanon in recent days.

Jerusalem: Israel's military chief of staff visited the country's northern border on Saturday after tensions in the area between Lebanon and Syria.

Lt Gen Aviv Kohavi was seen in briefings with officers and soldiers in a video from the Israeli military.

The visit comes after the Israeli military said its attack helicopters struck several positions of the Syrian army on Friday in response to unspecified munitions that were fired on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

The targets in southern Syria included observation posts and intelligence collection systems, according to a statement from the military.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate for the killing of its fighters in Syria, leading to Israel sending infantry reinforcements to its northern border with Lebanon in recent days.

Also on Friday, the Israeli military said an explosion on the Syrian side of the frontier damaged a building and a vehicle in the Golan Heights, which Israel seized from Syria in 1967 and later annexed, but they declined to provide further details.

(With inputs from AP)