• A military spokeswoman said the army was examining the possibility the man had entered Syria in order to join rebels. Atef Safadi / EPA
    A military spokeswoman said the army was examining the possibility the man had entered Syria in order to join rebels. Atef Safadi / EPA
  • Israeli soldiers were stationed at the Israeli-Syrian border south of the Golan Heights during a search operation early on Sunday. Atef Safadi / EPA
    Israeli soldiers were stationed at the Israeli-Syrian border south of the Golan Heights during a search operation early on Sunday. Atef Safadi / EPA
  • An Israeli Army spokesman reported that a 23-year-old Israeli Arab from the village of Jaljulia paraglideded over the border into Syria in an apparent attempt to join the civil war. Atef Safadi / EPA
    An Israeli Army spokesman reported that a 23-year-old Israeli Arab from the village of Jaljulia paraglideded over the border into Syria in an apparent attempt to join the civil war. Atef Safadi / EPA
  • According to the Shin Bet internal security agency, some 45 Arab Israelis have joined jihadist forces in Syria, mainly entering through Turkey. Atef Safadi / EPA
    According to the Shin Bet internal security agency, some 45 Arab Israelis have joined jihadist forces in Syria, mainly entering through Turkey. Atef Safadi / EPA
  • A military spokeswoman said the army was examining the possibility the man had entered Syria in order to join rebels. Atef Safadi / EPA
    A military spokeswoman said the army was examining the possibility the man had entered Syria in order to join rebels. Atef Safadi / EPA

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Arab Israeli paraglides to Syria - in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

October 25, 2015

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An Arab Israeli has crossed into Syria using a paraglider with the apparent goal of joining rebel fighters there, the Israeli army said on Sunday. The army said the paraglider took off from the southern section of the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, adjacent to southern Syria.

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