REPORT: 2 Israeli soldiers killed in grenade explosion

The Israeli military says two soldiers have been killed after a grenade one of the troops was holding exploded.

The military says three other soldiers were injured in Sunday's incident, which took place in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. They were evacuated to a hospital for treatment.

The military identified the deceased soldiers as Sgt. Shlomo Rindenow, 20, a New Jersey native, and Staff Sgt. Husam Tapash, 24.

The military says other details surrounding the incident are being investigated.

 

This as Israel fired missiles towards an unmanned drone that entered Israeli-controlled airspace from Syria and it turned back, the military said in a statement.
 
"Two Patriot air defense missiles were fired towards a drone which infiltrated Israeli airspace in the central Golan Heights. The drone returned to Syria," the Israeli army said.
 
A military spokeswoman said there were no known casualties.