Israel won't allow IS to open new border front: PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday that Israel will not allow a new "front of terror" in the Golan Heights, a day after Islamic State (IS) militants clashed with Israeli soldiers.

"There have been attempts to attack our forces," Netanyahu informed a meeting of his Likud faction, referring to the shooting and mortar attack launched by IS militants near the Israeli-Syrian border on Sunday.

"We will not allow radical Islam to open a front against us in the Golan Heights," said Netanyahu, adding that Israel "will not allow any drizzle (of assaults), and if necessary, we will attack the enemy."

On Sunday, IS militants fired at Israeli soldiers from a machine gun-mounted truck.

Israel quickly responded with an airstrike, killing four gunmen in the vehicle.

In addition, Israel's Air Force struck a compound used by IS militants in the southern Syrian Golan Heights overnight between Sunday and Monday.

Reportedly, it is the first confrontation between Israeli soldiers and IS militants. Endit