Four IDF soldiers were lightly injured in an explosion in southern Syria, the IDF confirmed on Wednesday.
The IDF unit, which was carrying out operational activities in the Syrian Golan area, identified a hand grenade lying in the area it was scanning. The soldiers collected the grenade, which exploded while in their possession, injuring four members of the force.
An Israeli Air Force helicopter evacuated the injured to Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, and they were released later in the afternoon. The IDF has launched an investigation to understand why the soldiers collected the grenade instead of detonating it on-site.
Israel and Syria continue to work toward de-escalation
Israel and Syrian representatives reportedly met in Paris on Tuesday to discuss bolstering stability and de-escalating the ongoing conflict in southern Syria.
According to Syria's state news agency SANA, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani met an Israeli delegation and discussed the possible reactivation of the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israel and Syria that created a United Nations buffer zone in the Golan Heights.
It was the second meeting between the two sides in the French capital in less than a month after they agreed in July to continue talks after no final accord was reached on de-escalating tensions in southern Syria.
Reuters contributed to this report.
This is a developing story.