A war of words broke out between Israel and Syria on 9 January after Israeli forces shot dead one Syrian and captured another in the Golan Heights, along a normally-quiet ceasefire line. Syria is still technically at war with Israel. The Israeli military's version of events is that they came under fire from armed Syrians who had crossed into Israeli-occupied territory. However, a spokesman for the Syrian military told the state news agency that the men had not crossed the border when they came under fire, and accused Israel of violating the ceasefire. Tel Aviv played down the clash, calling it an isolated incident. The last time the border was breached was in September 2001, when Israeli soldiers discovered a weapons cache on their side of the dividing line.