The man reportedly walked a few kilometers through Israeli territory until he was arrested by the Israel Defense Forces close the Mount Hermon ski resort site.
He was found to be unarmed and his motives were not clear.
According to Channel 12 TV news he crossed at a point where there is no border fence.
| I know Israel is building fences along all its borders as fast as can be done, but this might be a place to at least put up a few rolls of barbed wire until the civil engineers arrive. |
| ...which does not mean he was not also a jihadi... |