BEIRUT: Israeli troops opened fire on Wednesday on two suspected militants who were trying to plant explosives on the Jewish state's frontier with Syria, the Israeli military said.

Syrian state media accused the Jewish state of targeting its forces with tank shells, and warned against such “adventures.''

In eastern Lebanon, Syrian warplanes conducted a series of airstrikes on the outskirts of a Lebanese border town, officials said. The violence along both frontiers shows how Syria's three-year civil war is spilling over into its neighbours, destabilising the wider region.

Israel’s military said its forces fired on what it called Hezbollah-affiliated militants on the Golan Heights and that “hits were identified.”

The military did not explain how it knew of the men's alleged links with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shia group that is a sworn enemy of Israel. Hezbollah officials were not immediately available for comment.

Syria's state news agency SANA, citing a military source, said that Israeli forces fired four tank shells toward the Golan village of Hamidiyeh, hitting a school and a mosque early on Wednesday.

It said Israeli forces also fired another four shells towards another area called Houriyeh, and then opened fire a third time, again toward Hamidiyeh.—AP